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Technology Research News (via Slashdot):Tool turns English to code

Metafor organizes a natural-language description of a program into the skeleton of a program by mapping the inherent structure of English -- parts of speech, syntax, and subject-verb-object roles -- into a basic programmatic structure of class objects, properties, functions, and if-then rules, said Liu.

This brings us one step closer to my longtime dream: a PPT-to-executable-code cross compiler. You input a PowerPoint presentation about your planned software and service, and it spits out the software. Add-on modules could also compile your PPT to patent filings and incorporation/finance/options paperwork.

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