The English prose used in comment threads like this is written natural language. Programming languages are formal languages. Different treatment should not be

The English prose used in comment threads like this is written natural language. Programming languages are formal languages. Different treatment should not be surprising. For further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription#Problems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription#Problem...