From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-04-14T04:02:14+09:00
Subject: Re: functional paradigm taking over

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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 01:18:58AM +0900, Kevin wrote:
> No a jargon or slang does not put aside the language it exists inside
> of.  To try and argue this is ridiculous, the definitions used within
> the standard language do not become invalid just because you speak to a
> specific group.  Now you accuse me of moving the goal posts because I
> utilize standard as opposed to nonstandard meanings of terminology to
> point out that one may feel free to call any program a language? A
> jargon only supersedes the standard usage of a term when it is no
> longer specific to a single group, at which point it stops being a
> jargon.

In short . . . yes, you're saying that driving a nail is the same as
driving a car.  When I ask "Can you drive?" and you say "Yes," thinking
you know how to pound nails into wood, you think I should loan you my
car.

You give a whole new meaning to the comment that when all you have is a
hammer, everything looks like a nail.  I am not, however, inclined to let
you pound the crap out of my car with a hammer.

By the way . . . the way you want to use "programming language" is
definitely the nonstandard usage in this context.  Context matters.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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