Talk:Language

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Nice job whoever is in charge of managing the start page for Netbeans. You've shown your lack of maturity to many thousands of people.

--Netbeans Accosted Me 18:30, 16 October 2013 (CEST)

There are quite simple examples that show that you cannot parse the english langauge (any language?) without context. The one I like best is:

Time flies like an arrow.

For a human it's pretty clear what it means, but for a lexer program (that has no context) it could mean two things:

1) A special kind of flies - the "time flies" - do like arrows.

2) time passes as quickly as an arrow flies.

--Hans 19:29, 16 October 2013 (CEST)

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 --Netbeans Accosted Me 18:30, 16 October 2013 (CEST)
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+There are quite simple examples that show that you cannot parse the english langauge (any language?) without context. The one I like best is:
+Time flies like an arrow.
+For a human it's pretty clear what it means, but for a lexer program (that has no context) it could mean two things:
+) A special kind of flies - the "time flies" - do like arrows.
+) time passes as quickly as an arrow flies.
+--Hans 19:29, 16 October 2013 (CEST)
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