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You're speaking a language that has some rules with almost no exceptions. But almost means one can easily list the remaining special cases.
by chmod775 4y ago
You're speaking a language that has some rules with almost no exceptions.
But almost means one can easily list the remaining special cases.
- asaph 4y agoWhat’s the threshold of special cases allowed where the problem is considered solved?
- chmod775 4y agoThe second sentence in the comment you're replying to already answers your question. If that is not good enough, I suspect that no possible answer would prove to be satisfactory.
- asaph 4y ago“Almost” and “easily” are subjective and open to interpretation. My point is, that this is not a rigorous standard.
- chmod775 4y agoLanguages are generally not very amenable to these things. If you want to construct the entire field of linguistics mathematically that would certainly be interesting to watch. Since a function that is described by a simple equation is mathematically equivalent to a function that is described by a table assigning the appropriate values to each element of the function domain, you could try to come up with a definition for what constitutes the "optimal" way to describe a function. Do the same for any kind of relation. Until you've done so linguists will sadly be stuck applying nothing more than common sense.
- MockObject 4y agoJust a few.
- bigbillheck 4y agoBuddy, I'm speaking English, it's full of exceptions.