Re: Does natural language skill translate to programming skill?

"Joachim" == Joachim Pense <snob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Joachim> Well, Perl is my programming language of choice, but I
Joachim> don't really like Larry's superficial references to
Joachim> "linguistics".

Me too. I've written lots of useful Perl scripts. But given its
terrible syntax, I'll only use it for small tasks. So, I won't write
Perl scripts more than 300 lines long. Yes, I know how to write Perl
modules, but it's just not the right tool for big programs.

For larger programs, I want a language with more rigid syntax, so that
I can rely more on the compiler to do rigorous checkings for me.
Otherwise, things would quickly become unmanageable. So, I'd choose
C, C++, Java.



>> For comparison, many AI reseach try to process natural language
>> using LISP or Prolog, whose grammars are so much more regular
>> and simpler than Perl.

Joachim> A simple and regular grammar doesn't often make using the
Joachim> language easier.

It takes less time to learn. e.g. LISP/Scheme.


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