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The Economist: Language and Computers: Why language isn't computer codeThe Economist Language blog just posted an essay on the differences between computer code and natural language, taking a negative stance on their relationship. For all the talk of grammar, perhaps the title should have been "Why computer code isn't language". Some of the qualities said to not exist in PL could be argued the other way ("dialects, idiolects, variation, natural change over time"). Additionally, though PL do not typically have some qualities mentioned, PL could and have been constructed to have some of these qualities mentioned in the article. Am I in the minority for thinking different than than article? By kms at 2012-07-31 23:36 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 7511 reads
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