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Natural language is evolved (and therefore haphazard and merely "good enough"), whereas programming languages are designed. Natural languages are to programming
by nollidge 16y ago
Natural language is evolved (and therefore haphazard and merely "good enough"), whereas programming languages are designed. Natural languages are to programming what biology is to robotics.
- kenjackson 16y agoAgreed. In fact its funny you make that analogy... in that whenever I think about doing some biology I want to use nanotechnology. My brain just has more trouble settling into emergent systems.