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You broke my compiler! > English flexible very. Syntax error: verb required. > Grammar optional. Syntax error: verb required. > Convey much thinkings philo
by theandrewbailey 6y ago
You broke my compiler!
> English flexible very.
Syntax error: verb required.
> Grammar optional.
Syntax error: verb required.
> Convey much thinkings philosophy attitude deliberate dissonance.
Syntax error: clause contains too many nouns.
> Education class wealth signifiers == code switching; academic pretense.
Syntax error: verb required. Punctuation not recognized: "==".
> Audience knowledge crucial.
Syntax error: verb required.
> one style !
Syntax error: verb required. Warning: sentence is uncapitalized. Warning: space exists between last word and final punctuation (french mode not enabled).
> fits all.
Syntax error: subject required. Warning: sentence is uncapitalized.
- dsr_ 6y agoYour compiler was broken; I didn't break it: Verbs are not always required: "Why?" "Because." "Dude!" "Kinda?" "Just no." Contains too many nouns is not a thing. Your compiler should have errored on a mismatch between discrete and continuous quantities (much thinkings should either be many thoughts or much thinking) and then on a compound noun without hyphenation. Creative punctuation is normal; really, we've only standardized on punctuation since the mid-1700s or so. Capitalization is, again, stylistic: e.e. cummings, notably, was against it. So was Archie. And you broke on == and !fits, but the context of reading Hacker News ought to equip your parser with adequate sidechains.