On 10 Jul 2005 02:57:04 -0700, "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Similarly, in computer languages, expressiveness is significant with >respect to semantics, not syntactical variation. > It may just be me, but I tend to think of a computer language as a tool for directing computers to perform specific actions. Do we talk about the expressiveness of a spade? There's a similar concept in the 'possible uses' of a tool (a spade is an excellent tool for digging the garden, but you wouldn't use it to clean your teeth; you *could* use a toothbrush to dig the garden, but you wouldn't if a spade was available). Similarly with computer languages - some are better for certain tasks than others, but I don't think 'expressiveness' is the way to describe that. Pete Barrett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
