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>>>>> On 20 Sep 1995 20:28:45 GMT, blume@atomic.cs.princeton.edu
>>>>> (Matthias Blume) said:

> In article <43pi5g$hqc@feynman.comclin.com> glen@comclin.com
> (Glen Self) writes:

>>> so what's the best language for the 21rst century?
>>> what's your opinion on Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++?

>    Free form spoken language of the user. No "programming" language
>    required. You asked about the best language - not the most likely :-)

Matthias> Natural language is hardly the `best' language, because it is too
Matthias> ambiguous.  That's why mathematicians invented algebra and logic
Matthias> calculi long before the advent of computers.

Well, geez, the AI program for resolving the ambiguities of the
natural language is part of the compiler.  As is the neural tap
connecting the programmer to the computer, so the compiler can
understand the frame of reference and assumptions of the programmer.

That's the problem with news, everything has to be spelled out.  :-)
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