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Re:Language and Structure in Non-Programmers Solutions to Pr... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday April 17, 2016 @09:16AM (#11514400)
Context is king. "Kill the man with the knife!" Who? The guy holding a knife? How? With this knife I have right here? We can't say anything at all, unambiguously, without immense context.
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Re:Language and Structure in Non-Programmers Solutions to Pr... by abstractwhiz on Sunday April 17, 2016 @06:46PM (#11516702)
This reminds me of old style text adventures, that frequently have to deal with this kind of ambiguity, and only manage it to a limited degree. For example:

> kill the man

Which man?

> the one with the knife

I don't see that here.

> kill the man with the knife

You don't have the knife.

and so on...

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