From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 12 Aug 93 02:45:23 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!usenet@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: forth/fifth generation languages? Message-ID: <24caub$2et@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> List-Id: In Article <24b6v7$lo6@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> krc@wam.umd.edu (Kevin R. Coombes) writes: >>I think, a language is not made more complex by adding a feature. >> > >And so, by induction, a language is not made more complex by adding >arbitrarily many features ? Even infinitely many ? Correct (note that the word "necessarily" is implied by the context of the original quote). In a similar way, a telepone book is not made more complex by the addition of arbitrarily many entries, merely larger.