| authors |
Bijl, Aart |
| year |
1983 |
| title |
Know Your Technology - Or: Can Computers Understand Designers? |
| source |
Proceedings of the International Conference eCAADe [European Computer Aided Architectural Design Education] Brussels (Belgium) 1983, pp. V.1-V.11 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1983.x.t5s
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| summary |
Any great expansion of the population of computer users, embracing architects and other ordinary people, will happen only if we change from current computing technology to radically new software technology. Criteria for new technology are discussed, with reference to inadequacies of current technology; we should strive for computers that can understand people. Logic programming is described as one development towards this goal, illustrated by the example of Prolog serving as interpreter of user demands and supporting partial and changing logical models of user activity. Architects can choose computing options now that will put them on a path leading to future new technology. Choice is explained, favouring a software environment that is used by researchers and also supports immediate and practical computer applications. Lessons are drawn for architectural education, to prepare for change that will take place during a student's 40-year working life.
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| keywords |
Software Technology, Logic Programming |
| series |
eCAADe |
| full text |
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