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Same. My first reaction was: "Isn't English the first (or older) general purpose programming language?"
by euske 5y ago
Same. My first reaction was:
"Isn't English the first (or older) general purpose programming language?"
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoNot Latin, or Sanskrit? Actually, more like Akkadian (the dialect that the /Code of Hammurabi/ is written in) - it isn't the first, but is the best-preserved set of rules and instructions - while not a program (as the Law isn't exactly a monoid[1] of linear instructions that mutate state) it could be used the basis for one. [1] I hope I'm using the term correctly...
- jrochkind1 5y agoI would not call English a programming language. Programming languages, formal languages designed for instructing a computing device, are pretty different than natural human languages.