In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pete Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 10 Jul 2005 02:57:04 -0700, "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Similarly, in computer languages, expressiveness is significant with >>respect to semantics, not syntactical variation. >> >It may just be me, but I tend to think of a computer language as a >tool for directing computers to perform specific actions. Do we talk >about the expressiveness of a spade?
Most people think of natural language as "a tool for directing people to perform specific actions" and have as much need for anything beyond that as you seem to have. Luckily, some people (writers, artists) are able to do more with natural language than boss people around. But make no mistake, that is its primary purpose. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
