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"Interestingly, lots of programming languages have the freedom to reorder big chunks over long distances without altering the meaning, while I've never used a n
by ergfdsdag 7y ago
"Interestingly, lots of programming languages have the freedom to reorder big chunks over long distances without altering the meaning, while I've never used a natural language that had that feature"
wouldn't that be a cognitive burden that would hit our brains quicker than a computer, namely short term memory?
Far off re-ordering would be like trying to do mental math in your head that requires memorizing very many results.
- kragen 7y agoMaybe, but this applies equally well to programming languages!