Comments on: Programming Languages Aren’t http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/ Huh? Thu, 17 May 2012 23:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: x http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4980 x Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:46:21 +0000 http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4980 XML FTW! XML FTW!

]]> By: Sean http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4978 Sean Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:38:10 +0000 http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4978 @g: I'm not entirely sure if I agree that the composition is drastically different when talking about different topics. Maybe it is and I just don't notice it because I'm too used to it. Have an example that's easy to spot? ... After thinking some more.. I kind of understand what I think you're saying, but I'd call that more of a presentation difference due to the different elements of the message that are being highlighted. Hmm. @g: I’m not entirely sure if I agree that the composition is drastically different when talking about different topics. Maybe it is and I just don’t notice it because I’m too used to it. Have an example that’s easy to spot?

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After thinking some more.. I kind of understand what I think you’re saying, but I’d call that more of a presentation difference due to the different elements of the message that are being highlighted. Hmm.

]]> By: g http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4977 g Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:16:12 +0000 http://blog.bigzaphod.org/2008/09/29/programming-languages-arent/#comment-4977 Try expanding the English language side of your analogy. Yes, the sentence-level grammar is the same for different fields of study, but the higher-level structure and convention is not. The composition of a sports article in the newspaper is unlike the composition of a physics research report. Combining the two in any reasonable way would be difficult, just like combining your different C libraries is hard even they both use the same "sentence-level" grammar for statements and loops and procedure calls. Try expanding the English language side of your analogy. Yes, the sentence-level grammar is the same for different fields of study, but the higher-level structure and convention is not. The composition of a sports article in the newspaper is unlike the composition of a physics research report. Combining the two in any reasonable way would be difficult, just like combining your different C libraries is hard even they both use the same “sentence-level” grammar for statements and loops and procedure calls.

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