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Programming language theory is its own branch of computer science, but I'm not sure whether that qualifies as a "self-contained discipline": https://en.wikipedi
by jhardy54 6y ago
Programming language theory is its own branch of computer science, but I'm not sure whether that qualifies as a "self-contained discipline": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language_theory
Or, do you mean that linguists might design programming languages without ever having learned how to program?
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoProgramming language theory is a hugely different field from programming language design. One is a theory (lots of math and proofs), the other is much more similar to being a UX designer (a lot of usability issues to work out where theory doesn’t help). It gets confusing because many PL designers are also PL theorists, but it isn’t true in every case.
- awb 6y ago> Or, do you mean that linguists might design programming languages without ever having learned how to program? Yes