Date:  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 22:07:43 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199710280307.WAA09741@locke.ccil.org>
Reply-To: "Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~}" <sdlee@CS.HKU.HK>
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From: "Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~}" <sdlee@CS.HKU.HK>
Subject:      Re: machine translation
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To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
In-Reply-To:  HACKER G N's message of Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:12:05 +1100
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>>>>> "HACKER" == HACKER G N <c9709244@ALINGA.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU> writes:


    HACKER> Well, you wouldn't call C++ a spoken language, but I can
    HACKER> certainly "say" C++ code to other people who know C++, and
    HACKER> have them understand me.

I  do sometimes communicate with my   colleagues in computer languages
for fun.  We may write or even speak in computer languages, like this:

        while (sleepy) {
                if (alarm_clock_rings) {
                        switch_off(alarm_clock);
                }
                if (there_is_a_lecture) {
                        skip(lecture);
                }
                if (the_lecture_is_a_test) {
                        wake_up_at_once();
                        break;
                }
                go_on_sleeping();
        }




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