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Re:How Did Anyone Do Math in Roman Numerals? by gpawl on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:59PM (#14822984)
syntax, not semantics. Mathematical semantics is quite precise.
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Re:How Did Anyone Do Math in Roman Numerals? by nnq on Friday July 21, 2017 @03:44PM (#14823306)
...that's the thing actually: in programming syntax defines semantics because "syntax" is executed and in practice "it means what it does (what is executed)".

(Linguists would want to murder me for saying this, I know.)

That's why some programming languages can even be defined by implementation. (Though as a programmer I try my best to avoid these languages...)

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