Re: Does natural language skill translate to programming skill?


Ar an t-aonú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh LEE Sau Dan:

"Helmut" == Helmut Weber <nbhymsjxdgcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Helmut> Hi David,
>> Some people would cite Perl as evidence that linguists should
>> be barred from using computers!

I can't see the logical relationship between Perl and linguists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall . (Larry invented the language; his
formal qualifications were in linguistics, but I’ve never seen a really
satisfactory explanation of what aspect of it.)

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