Re: FWIW: script vs. configurtion file

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Subject: Re: FWIW: script vs. configurtion file
From: Tony Baldwin <tonyb@myownsite.me>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 09:40:38 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 03:46:56PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> Programming is a field of mathematics. Mathematically speaking, limiting a
> language to a declarative syntax does not mean that the language ceases to
> be a language.

I would argue that programming is linguistics (being a linguist, myself,
and a professional translator), but I would also argue that math is
language (a symbolic means of representing our perception of reality).

tony
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