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Re: LUNATIC again

From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Sunday, November 8, 1998, 0:21
charles wrote:
> > Nik Taylor wrote: > > > > charles wrote: > > > All languages are codes. What's wrong with that? > > > > No, language and code are different things. > > Yes, they are different; "language" is a subset > of "code", not the reverse.
No, I think Nik was saying that a language is not a code. If a language is not a code, it can't be a subset of code.
> As used here, "code" can often mean "relex". > In any case I won't quibble further with you.
What is a relex again?