@linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social
Post #1419352
2026-04-16 21:39 UTC
What would happen if natural languages behaved like programming languages?
I’m no expert in programming languages, but I know enough to realize that the slightest mistake can mess up hundreds of lines of code. Luckily for us, speakers of natural languages are better at deciphering messages, even those abound in morphosyntactic blunders.
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@edwinek@universeodon.com 2026-04-17 08:29
@linguistgoneforeign@mastodon.social Some people already behave as though that were the case. if(person.like(THAT)) { annoyance = annoyance * 10; reaction = new expression(EYEROLL); return reaction; }