Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:23:09 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: languages Message-ID: <20030209192309.GA21962@papagena.rockefeller.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030209191203.GA37952@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20030209181722.GA19704@papagena.rockefeller.edu> <200302091826.h19IQBaX035066@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20030209184658.GA19887@papagena.rockefeller.edu> <20030209191203.GA37952@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: > The definition of "language" in mathematics (which is also used in > computer science) is as follows: > > An alphabet L is a finite non-empty set of symbols. > Let L* be the set of all strings of elements in L (including the empty string.) > A _language_ over L is a subset of L*. > > Note that this is a very broad definition and does not concern itself > with any meaning of a language. Well, it arguably defines a vocabulary. What about syntax, grammar? Aren't those part of a language? R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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