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Re:The Wolfram Language: Fast Introduction for Programmers by moefh on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:27PM (#10775362)
> But I think that is an unreasonable definition.

I don't think unreasonable in the context of this discussion.

When we use English, having a bit of miscommunication is likely harmless, and probably goes unnoticed most of the time. When we write a computer program, we really want the compiler to understand exactly what we mean.

Re:The Wolfram Language: Fast Introduction for Programmers by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:11AM (#10778489)
True, and good point.