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Hellenic Quest
Hellenic Quest is a 2008 urban legend claiming that engineers were developing supercomputers that would use Ancient Greek as their programming interface, due to its logical superiority over all other languages.
Article summary
Hellenic Quest is a 2008 urban legend claiming that engineers were developing supercomputers that would use Ancient Greek as their programming interface, due to its logical superiority over all other languages.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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