 Lingua::Romana::Perligata
started 3/9/2002; 10:50:55 AM - last post 3/11/2002; 11:56:51 AM
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Ehud Lamm - Lingua::Romana::Perligata 
3/9/2002; 10:50:55 AM (reads: 1865, responses: 4)
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This paper describes a Perl module -- Lingua::Romana::Perligata -- that makes it possible to write Perl programs in Latin.
The idea is more serious than it seems...
Thanks for the link, Jay!
Posted to fun by Ehud Lamm on 3/9/02; 10:52:14 AM
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Oleg - Natural and programming languages: Perl & German or Latin
3/10/2002; 3:47:08 PM (reads: 1063, responses: 2)
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Actually there is a particular connection between Perl sentences and
the corresponding German sentences. Perl 'articles' $, @ and % seem
to play the same role as German articles das, der, die. Moreover, like
German articles, Perl articles change with cases.
Perl: $a = 1;
German: Das A ist 1.
Perl: $a = $b;
German: Das A ist das B.
written: @a = (1,2,$b);
spoken: Die A sind 1, 2 und das B.
written: $c = $a[1];
spoken: Das C ist das erste Element der A.
written: @d = @a[1,2];
pronounced: Die D sind die ersten und zweiten Elemente der A.
Note the correspondence between das (Nominative sing. Neutrum) and
$, and die (Nominative plural) and @. As you see, Perligata wasn't
such a great deal. I believe Perl was designed with articles and
contexts in mind (After all, Larry Wall was a linguist).
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Kevin Kelleher - Re: Natural and programming languages: Perl & German or Latin
3/11/2002; 10:48:43 AM (reads: 1102, responses: 1)
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A more logical choice for a programming/interface
language is Lojban,
the logical language. This is, in fact, one of its
intended uses. It is unambiguous but has great expressive
power. The syntax (according to a
FAQ
"is founded on first-order predicate logic", and for
that reason assignment of values, set theory, causual
and incidental relations, and self-referential elements
are built into the language.
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Ehud Lamm - Re: Natural and programming languages: Perl & German or Latin
3/11/2002; 10:55:17 AM (reads: 1182, responses: 0)
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assignment of values...
Now obviosuly this is something you don't want in a programming languages 
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Kevin Kelleher - Re: Lingua::Romana::Perligata
3/11/2002; 11:56:51 AM (reads: 998, responses: 0)
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Clearly what is wanted is a natural language that is
properly tail-recursive.
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