> It's fair enough not because of what a programming language > *is* (or isn't) but what it can (or can't) *do*, and that > is to exchange ordinary human thoughts with other people.
It is just one function of a programming language to compile and execute it on a machine. Another function is that a programmer communicates with other programmers and herself, two years later. There are a hell lot of misunderstandings on what a program aims to do, and that is an essential aspect of a language. Just to be clear: I'm very much Wittgensteinian, and he consider mathematics as a human language as well. - Gergely -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
