On Thu, 12 May 2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote: > Does anyone know where the term "Koan" originates? In the computer context, at MIT, as described in the jargon file: http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/jargon/jargappA.html (scroll down to "AI KOAN") One for a computer, in SCHEME: http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/users/dae/notes/scheme-koan