RE: Junger et al.

[mgraffam@mhv.net]

On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Ernest Hua wrote:

> Did anyone demonstrate the "functionalness" of any arbitrary language
> via a scanner and a compiler?

Indeed.. what we need is for someone to testify to the court about
natural and computer language, and maybe some relevent material from
information theory. 

Pseudo-code from any computer programming textbook would be helpful
in making this point too.

What about English in a voice recognition system? In this case, English
can actually perform functions too, just as C does.


Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
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