Asok said:

Lisp.

. said:

Can you link to an example where Lisp is used in this way?

I'm thinking of applications like complex surveys, choose-your-own-adventure stories, etc where one would like to calculate things like longest possible path from beginning to end, etc.

. said:

. said:

Can you link to an example where Lisp is used in this way?

I'm thinking of applications like complex surveys, choose-your-own-adventure stories, etc where one would like to calculate things like longest possible path from beginning to end, etc.

a particular language can't do that for you. you'd need to create a class that represents all those options like a state machine.

. said:

ada waysa?

. said:

What about dataflow programming languages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow_programming

?

. said:

. said:

What about dataflow programming languages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataflow_programming

?

that's essentially describing a state machine.

mr the horse said:

Can't you do this in any language with functions as first-order objects? So you just put functions in your data structure?

. said:

Learn to program. Any language can do that with enough lines of code. Use .

. said:

so you have this elaborate branching, looping structure within a function... how do you compute statistics on the lengths of possible paths?

. said:

mr the horse said:

. said:

so you have this elaborate branching, looping structure within a function... how do you compute statistics on the lengths of possible paths?

Oh, I see what you want to do. Like if you have a choose your own adventure and you want to compute the lengths of paths given different sets of choices? So you want a graph rather than a tree?

. said:

So easy. My problem with your generation.

. said:

Yes, a graph object representing procedural control flow.

. said:

What are you even blathering about, gramps?

I am your supervisor asswipe. Not gramps. Not near. Jus the guy that complains to gramps (the CEO) about your shit attitude.

. said:

. said:

What are you even blathering about, gramps?

I am your supervisor asswipe. Not gramps. Not near. Jus the guy that complains to gramps (the CEO) about your shit attitude.

sandman said:

Objective C.

go deliver a pizza, Gomer