Re: Spoken programming language
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 3, 2009, 2:44 |
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On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:09 PM, <deinx nxtxr> <deinx.nxtxr@...> wrote:
> Computer language for example has no need for an indicative mood which is
> the main one used by humans.
I beg to differ. The BASIC DATA statement is a fine example of an
indicative. The indicative mood supplies statements of fact - that is
to say, configuration parameters, input values, etc. And some
languages (here I'm thinking of Prolog) are nothing but indicative
statements, from which the desired behavior is inferred.
But I would agree that most source code in modern programs is
linguistically imperative, even in the programming styles often
contrasted with "imperative" programming (functional,
object-oriented).
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>