Feature request: Path append operators for strings

[Walter Bright]

On 7/7/2013 8:38 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> All Siri does is recognize a set of stock patterns, just like Eliza.
>> Step out of that, even slightly, and it reverts to a default, again,
>> just like Eliza.
>>
>> Of course, Siri had a much larger set of patterns it recognized, but
>> with a bit of experimentation you quickly figure out what those stock
>> patterns are. There's nothing resembling human understanding there.
>
> But that applies to humans, too - they just have a much larger set of patterns
> they recognize.

I don't buy that. Humans don't process data like computers do.

> But they don't overlap perfectly for all humans. Try to ask your
> mailman whether a hash table is better than a singly-linked list for a symbol
> table.

A mailman can (will) also do things like pretend to know, make up a plausible 
answer, ask clarifying questions, figure it out, etc.

Computers don't, for example, figure it out. They do not reason. Regex is not a 
thought process.