Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.text Subject: Re: Tyranny of the computer Message-ID: <435@baylor.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 09:48:18 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.435 Posted: Sat Aug 17 09:48:18 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:27:18 EDT References: <1065@diku.UUCP> <763@mcvax.UUCP> <1070@diku.UUCP> <775@mcvax.UUCP> <642@kvvax4.UUCP> <483@talcott.UUCP> <644@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.nlang:3492 net.text:583 > I don't believe that natural language, written or spoken, should serve > the needs of data processing. Rather, how about the following deal: > We natural language users won't tell you data processors how to write > your FORTRAN or Extended Mercury Autocode. You don't tell us how to > write our native languages. > > -- Matt Rosenblatt Gee, I thought you natural language users were just telling us how to write our 'C' programs. Must have been an illusion. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076