by 1998, ~10,000 computer scientists used software patterns as common medium of discussion

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• Alexandrian sequence and pattern languages can inform software specification writing.claim0.735
• A computer program is not defined by its language or hardware but as an abstract causal pattern, a dynamic mathematical structure that influences the physical universe without violating its causal closure.claim0.729
  Paper's ontological characterization of software enabling cyberanimism
• Academic consensus is shifting toward substrate neutrality of cognitive primitives.claim0.726
• An efficient software implementation (capable of scaling to billions of entries) would make a great doctoral thesis.claim0.726
  Claim that building a scalable associative memory engine is a significant research challenge.
• "We may never see hardware support for the primitive operators described here, but an efficient software implementation (capable of scaling to billions of entries) would make a great doctoral thesis."concept0.723
  Acknowledges practical barriers to realizing the framework while identifying the central implementation challenge: efficient scaling in software.
• Patterns can be seen as active agents in the sense-making process.claim0.716
  Central speculative claim blurring the line between data and algorithms.
• Today's Large Language Models have become so good at playing Turing's game that it often takes experts to demonstrate the present limits of their ability to simulate human-like intelligence.claim0.715
  Paper's assessment of current LLM capabilities relative to Turing Test
• Alexander jettisons many arguments; he rejects the computers and mathematics used in Notes a year after its publication.claim0.713
  Observation of Alexander's pattern of self-rejection.