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> The second example is all words without punctuation, which requires me to read the entire thing word-for-word to figure out what it's doing. Do you think tha
by miguelrochefort 8y ago
> The second example is all words without punctuation, which requires me to read the entire thing word-for-word to figure out what it's doing.
Do you think that's also a problem with natural languages (e.g. English)? Should we switch to a more readable natural language with a syntax inspired by programming languages (or even visual programming languages)?
- red75prime 8y agoNatural languages don't usually convey precise set of instructions to be executed, or target a system that has no common sense, situation awareness, and other human traits. The purposes of natural and computer languages are quite different, so it doesn't make much sense to model one after another. There were attempts to make more precise languages (Lojban, for example), but they never took off. Maybe because it's too tiring to precisely describe meaning, which can be inferred from a context with sufficient probability or clarified by asking questions.