System: Master Your Life-Chapter 655 - 167: Task of Leading Wolves Into the House Completed, 2 Major Rewards
Xu Lin got right down to it and started pondering how to operate Chinese programming.
It’s worth mentioning that previous attempts at Chinese programming by others only changed the symbols, without altering the programming logic structure.
Because, essentially, programming symbols can be replaced with any language, including Chinese characters.
If Xu Lin were to just swap the grammatical symbols of the existing programming system, replacing the original English with Chinese characters, there would be no barriers at all.
Moreover, what’s the point of doing Chinese programming that way?
People who don’t understand might say, wow, Chinese programming, that’s awesome, it’s the glory of Huaxia, the rise of the nation.
But those who do understand would immediately see through it and say, damn, there’s no innovation in your Chinese programming at all; the logical structure hasn’t changed, and the messy underlying structure is exactly the same as with English programming, like someone changing clothes but still being the same person.
Xu Lin wouldn’t bother with such effortless Chinese programming.
At least, it poses no challenge to him.
Xu Lin, the "Programming Master," is quite formidable. It’s not an exaggeration to say his programming skills are the best in the world, even at an overwhelming lead, so he’s fully capable of accomplishing something that others might deem impossible.
Therefore, Xu Lin wants to create an entirely new Chinese programming language, completely bypassing mature programming languages like Python and Java, to create a brand new programming language, or even a programming language library that contains various programming languages.
"Modern Chinese doesn’t seem to do, either; the barrier is too low."
At this point, Xu Lin also dismissed modern Chinese.
Suppose his artificial intelligence could really be created; the issue arises of low barriers, which might allow others to crack it in no time.
So at the very least, Xu Lin wants this thing to have quite a high barrier.
Moreover, Xu Lin isn’t running a business, so he doesn’t need to adapt to others’ ecosystems, nor does he need to consider universality, so he can play at will.
Now he just wants to create a powerful AI and innovate programming languages along the way, bringing Chinese programming to life.
Classical Chinese!
Xu Lin thought of Classical Chinese.
Speaking of which, Xu Lin mastered Classical Chinese thoroughly last semester, having specifically studied it. Now, even the most profound Classical Chinese appears as easy to him as reading the lyrics of a nursery rhyme.
Moreover, Xu Lin has a bit of cultural sentiment. Do you want to learn my stuff? First, learn Classical Chinese and experience the charm of the ancestors, or else go sit at the kids’ table!
"To change the logical structure, one must redesign the underlying aspects of the programming language, such as the programming paradigm, language rules, calculation models—all these things need to change. In Chinese, a character can have multiple meanings, and syntactic expressions can easily lead to different meanings. For example, the word ’oh’ can express doubt, approval, skepticism under different contexts..."
"So I also need to create a program specifically for interpreting the different meanings of words and characters..."
Chinese is recognized as one of the most challenging languages to learn worldwide. Foreigners attempting to learn it can find the various ambiguities in tone utterly perplexing.
Xu Lin contemplated a lot but didn’t take action immediately.
It’s known that if others were to tackle this task, it could take an indeterminate amount of time—perhaps a year and a half, maybe several years, or even longer.
Xu Lin spent the entire day with Ning Yuhuan at the city library, each busy with their own affairs.
Until 3 PM, Xu Lin checked the time.
"Senior Sister, shall we go eat? We’ll have a meal and then I’ll take you back."
"Mm-hmm, let’s eat!"
Ning Yuhuan spends one or two days a week with Xu Lin, but they often hang out at the library together during school days.
Xu Lin actually respects his senior sister a lot. Ning Yuhuan is not like Rong Xiyi who loves eating, drinking, and having fun, enjoying every day to the fullest. Instead, Ning Yuhuan focuses mostly on her studies, so Xu Lin doesn’t waste her time.
After having a hearty meal in the afternoon, Xu Lin took Ning Yuhuan back to school.
"Shall we have dinner together tonight?"
After dropping Ning Yuhuan off at the dormitory building, Xu Lin checked his phone and saw a message from his big sister that had arrived over half an hour ago.
Xu Lin: "Where are you? I’ll come to pick you up."
Actually, Xu Lin kind of misses his big sister, or rather he has a bit of craving. No matter what, the experience she gives him is something Ning Yuhuan and the others can’t provide.
"I’m at home, thinking I might cook."
"Can your cooking be eaten? Let’s eat out!"
"What? Why can’t my cooking be eaten?"
Big sister sent an angry meme.
Xu Lin: "No, I want a feast, I’ll come over, wait for me at the gate of your community."
Chi Linyue: "Hah!"
Just as Xu Lin was about to put away his phone, a message came in from Ms. Ren, asking if he wanted to have dinner together tonight.
Turns out she’s at the big apartment now, and Xia Xiyao is there too. Ms. Ren said they would have a feast outside.
Xu Lin: "I’m busy tonight, maybe next time."
Ms. Ren: "Mom is going back tomorrow."
Xu Lin: "Safe journey!"
Ms. Ren: ...
Ms. Ren: "You heartless little brat!"
Xu Lin didn’t reply, put away his phone, and set off for the community where Chi Linyue lived.
Upon arriving, Chi Linyue was already waiting at the gate of the community.
Today, big sister wore her long hair down, in a long-sleeved top and wide-legged jeans, with canvas shoes—a very casual outfit.
Upon seeing her, Xu Lin drove over and did a 720-degree drift right in front of her, leaving two circle marks on the ground from the skidding tire.
