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Siri is doomed by Apple global strategy. Even if they really make it to work, it would work only in a few selected languages which is a parody of AI these days. They are living in 90s when only a few languages were important


Siri is doomed by Apple global strategy. Even if they really make it to work, it would work only in a few selected languages which is a parody of AI these days. They are living in 90s when only a few languages were important


How many languages do you think cover 90% of world GDP? Apple is optimizing on pnl.


what's the difference between ask {<askcode>} and eval(<jscode>)?


eval( <javascript> ) is terrible at ensuring security. Query programs are executed against the same environment as your own programs!

ask { <askscript> } runs on AskVM which is a separate execution context that you define yourself with the exact set of resources, values and limits the each incoming program needs. AskVM is currently implemented in JavaScript. We plan to port it to Python, C and AskScript very soon.

Check out https://humanwhocodes.com/blog/2010/10/26/wanted-dynamic-exe... to learn more about this subject.

Sorry to have taken almost an hour to get back to you, we're talking with a few people at the moment. The code is live for 6 hours already.

Marcin Hagmajer ~ AskQL Core Team, xFAANG


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