Re:The Wolfram Language: Fast Introduction for Programmers
by PeCaN on Monday December 21, 2015 @06:06PM
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Actually, English has a fairly high entropy/syllables ratio. [1][2]
Also, given that we can infer with decent accuracy what people are saying even in noisy environments, I would say it's really not too bad.
You could do better of course, but in a good spoke natural language you want a good mix of density (for efficient communication) and redundancy (for dealing with environmental variables). Optimizing for one comes at the expense of the other, and English strikes a pretty decent balance. [citation needed]
Also, given that we can infer with decent accuracy what people are saying even in noisy environments, I would say it's really not too bad.
You could do better of course, but in a good spoke natural language you want a good mix of density (for efficient communication) and redundancy (for dealing with environmental variables). Optimizing for one comes at the expense of the other, and English strikes a pretty decent balance. [citation needed]
1: Pellegrino, et al. University of Lyons, 2011 <http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/pellegrino/Pellegri... 2: There has been some valid criticism made to [1].