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Article #1367Re: What is the language for ?
From: Nick Rothwell
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 10:53
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 1990 10:53
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In article <2408@l.cc.purdue.edu>, cik@l.cc (Herman Rubin) writes:
>A language is a means of communication. Unlike hardware tools, languages
>can be even interspersed. To someone who knows more than one language,
>sentences, phrases, and even words in different languages can be strung
>together in a meaningful fashion.
>
>The hardware is the tool. The communications scheme should be such as to
>enable the programmer to make use of the tool.
The communications scheme should be such as to enable the programmer
to express and solve his problem.
No?
Nick.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!lfcs!nick From: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: What is the language for ? Keywords: FORTRAN, languages, stupidity of software which does not let users communicate their needs Message-ID: <5374@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 27 Jul 90 10:53:36 GMT References: <1990Jul25.174153.16896@ecn.purdue.edu> <11029@chaph.usc.edu> <1990Jul25.210639.20509@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <2408@l.cc.purdue.edu> Reply-To: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Organization: Wavetables 'R' Us Lines: 20 In-reply-to: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)