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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1696ae,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid1696ae,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: smosha@most.fw.hac.com (Stephen M O'Shaughnessy) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/22 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 169488695 sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com x-nntp-posting-host: smosha references: <4sf9e7$kl7@news.jump.net> <4sm83e$jkg@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <4spj1f$prf@news.pacifier.com> <4spkdm$faa@solutions.solon.com> <4suk39$9h2@news.ld.centuryinter.net> organization: MESC mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.dos.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4suk39$9h2@news.ld.centuryinter.net>, steidl@centuryinter.net says... However, I think that human novels are >generally harder to translate than computer programs because a >computer program is self-contained (if you include the language and >libraries), whereas a novel draws on an entire culture. Translating >the novel effectively often means having intimate knowledge of two >cultures and being able to make mappings (which are sometimes very >subtle) from one to the other. Some really difficult problems >(difficult even for very intelligent humans) can arise when trying to >perform this task. To see examples of such, you should read "Godel, >Escher, Bach: The Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter. > >BTW, everyone who likes to program should read this book, IMHO. > Most people believe the Bible to be the in-errant word of God. For a real eye opener read two versions side by side, say the King James and the Living Bible. Sorry for straying off the subject.