From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 10c949,1784731de32064fd,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10c949,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,1784731de32064fd,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-05 06:00:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!fw.baan.COM!not-for-mail From: "Biep @ http://www.biep.org/" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.basic.misc,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:03:57 +0200 Message-ID: <9fil63$47n84$1@ID-63952.news.dfncis.de> References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87snihxiwc.fsf@frown.here> <9dbi83$sji$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87heyu7cqd.fsf@frown.here> <9dc20p$hh15e$1@ID-37382.news.dfncis.de> <9ddhll$b8o@goaway.cc.monash.edu.au> <3AFA5A92.5D4F191C@info.unicaen.fr> <3AFAD076.C5F31B44@research.bell-labs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.baan.com (194.149.80.1) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 991746051 4447492 194.149.80.1 (16 [63952]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8148 comp.lang.lisp:11363 comp.lang.smalltalk:10582 comp.lang.basic.misc:2537 comp.lang.functional:6075 comp.lang.scheme:4113 comp.lang.perl.misc:53030 Date: 2001-06-05T15:03:57+02:00 List-Id: Andrew Bromage comments: > Natural languages are morally neutral. Jerzy Karczmarczuk wrote: > What is "morally neutral"?? In natural languages you can LIE! Matthias Blume writes: > You can lie in most programming languages as well. (In C it's called "cast".) "Lex Spoon" wrote in message news:m37kz1utg9.fsf@chaos.resnet.gatech.edu... > And if you are implementing a billing program, > you can have it print out any kind of bills that suit your fancy, > regardless of what people actually owe you. > By almost any meaning of "lie", you can do it in programming languages! But isn't that what "morally neutral" implies? You can speak the truth, AND you can lie. A language that allowed only one of these options would not be neutral.. -- Biep Reply via http://www.biep.org