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Unambiguous? Maybe. Specific enough to execute as programs? not nearly so much. I mean, humans regularly misinterpret verbal commands, and we're effectively the
by microcolonel 7y ago
Unambiguous? Maybe. Specific enough to execute as programs? not nearly so much. I mean, humans regularly misinterpret verbal commands, and we're effectively the best thing at understanding and language that exists in nature. Half of the disagreements on HN result from misinterpretation of very specific, rather unambiguous statements.
- blotter_paper 7y ago> Half of the disagreements on HN result from misinterpretation of very specific, rather unambiguous statements. Disagree, it's almost certainly more or less than half; it's incredibly unlikely that these statements would account for exactly half of disagreements. Furthermore the statements in question are rather specific and very unambiguous, not the other way around.
- microcolonel 7y ago> Furthermore the statements in question are rather specific and very unambiguous, not the other way around. Or rather, the ambiguity is around how specific the statements are.