Noorul Islam wrote:
hey shekar,
that was good one.
cheers
n00rul
Noorul Islam Kamalmalmiyoda
Software Engineer
Caritor (India) Pvt. Ltd.
6/1, 6/2, Pycrofts Gardens Road, Nungambakkam
Chennai
If the computer revolution had started in India at all, I guess we
wouldn't have had such complex hardware interfaces and applications that
abstract them like we see today. In my opinion, our first successful
application would be natural language processor for our native languages
- A computer with just a talking device and a listening perhaps. One
that understands the language we speak, and simply reply back in our
native language. Most indian languages have a high degree of
predictability in terms of grammar, syllable, flow and pronounciation,
unlike the english language. If computers and programs evolved purely
from India, they wouldn't have been as complex as they are today.
Imagine a computer without mouse, keyboard and monitor. A computer that
simply communicates with us verbally, and listens to us. Life would've
been a lot simpler.
But then, I wonder if we needed computers at all... Perhaps, we would've
trained our "natural computer" (aka our own selves) to be more
productive, efficient, less error-prone and *most important* - use our
creativity and common sense (which the computers even today lack) like
our predecessors (before 3000 years) did.
Another wild imagination ;-)
Cheers,
Chandrashekar Babu.
