Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Mike Schilling
"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language >Xah Lee, 200502, 200603. >In languages human or computer, there's a notion of expressiveness. >English for example, is very expressive in manifestation, witness all >the poetry

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Roedy Green
On 19 Mar 2006 13:03:18 -0800, "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >One thing commonly misunderstood in computing industry is the notion of >expressiveness. If a language has a vocabulary of (smile, laugh, grin, >giggle, chuckle, guffaw, cackle), E

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Luc The Perverse
"John Bokma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Dag Sunde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language >> >> PLONK. > > Don't post PLONK messages you idiot. P

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread John Bokma
"Dag Sunde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language > > PLONK. Don't post PLONK messages you idiot. PLONK in silence instead of adding to a lot of garbage in serveral groups. -- John

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Dag Sunde
"Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language PLONK. -- Dag. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language

2006-03-19 Thread Xah Lee
What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language Xah Lee, 200502, 200603. In languages human or computer, there's a notion of expressiveness. English for example, is very expressive in manifestation, witness all the poetry and implications and allusions and connotations and dictions. There are a my