From: Kevin <darkintent@...>
Date: 2011-04-13T23:59:42+09:00
Subject: Re: functional paradigm taking over

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@Phillip: Yes they are applicable, jargon does not supersede the rest of the
language.  Especially not when the subject being discussed (In part) whether
or not Excel can be considered a programming language is answered by those
definitions.  Why do you think that the word language is even a part of the
phrase "programming language"?  It is because of the way the word language
could be and is used by people who are not a part of this field.  It was not
in any way random that such a phrase came to describe tools like Ruby, or
C++.

@Josh: It would not be according to definition twelve, but Excel would be in
fact.  Seeing as how it provides symbols and ways to deliver instructions to
a computer. You can even use it to create animations.  Also the other
definitions I pointed out do not cease to exist because definition twelve
exists, the definitions are not even contradictory. They are complimentary.
Also people are not equivocating just because they do not use the definition
you want them to (Ultimately incorrectly to boot.) That you do not
understand why the phrase "programming language" is possible let alone why
it is used does not make the definitions  being applied meaningless in
context.  In the context of whether something is a programming language one
must examine what a language even is before deciding that question.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 4:52 AM, Phillip Gawlowski <
cmdjackryan@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Kevin <darkintent@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > That is all well and good. But does that fact make the definitions I am
> > using incorrect in any way?
>
> It's worse: They are not applicable.
>
> --
> Phillip Gawlowski
>
> Though the folk I have met,
> (Ah, how soon!) they forget
> When I've moved on to some other place,
> There may be one or two,
> When I've played and passed through,
> Who'll remember my song or my face.
>
>

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