@languagehacker do you know about the synthetic vs analytical language dichotomy? I just learned about it from @HeatherRivers
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@bascule@heatherrivers Oh, that's awesome. Applies to formal languages such as propositional logic and programming languages too.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@languagehacker@HeatherRivers yeah I've been thinking about how it applies to programming languages. Lisp is analytical and COBOL synthetic1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule@heatherrivers Exactly! You might also like categorial grammars e.g. the kind@jasonbaldridge works with. Types taking types.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@languagehacker@HeatherRivers don’t know anything about it but I just started following@jasonbaldridge3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@languagehacker I tend to prefer untyped languages ;)
1:43 PM - 16 Sep 2012
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