Re: Tiny lexicon languages
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 19, 1999, 4:47 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Bad example, as these are always the same.
D'oh!
> But if for * we read +,
> then the usual convention is "five plus seven all over three"
> vs. "five plus seven over three"
Yeah, but when you get into more complex equations it can be nearly
impossible to describe it in words, such as X+(Y*Z)/(A+B), and that's
not even that complex.
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