← Back to context Comment by layer8 7 hours ago No, it’s not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_language#Definition 3 comments layer8 Reply roughly 6 hours ago It's an interesting move to point me to a rigorously written English language definition of a formal language to make the argument that humans don't co-opt our natural languages as formal languages when the need arises. layer8 5 hours ago That’s not what “formal language” means. English being used to describe a formal definition doesn’t make it a formal language. roughly 5 hours ago I didn’t say it was a formal language, I said humans co-opt it as one.
roughly 6 hours ago It's an interesting move to point me to a rigorously written English language definition of a formal language to make the argument that humans don't co-opt our natural languages as formal languages when the need arises. layer8 5 hours ago That’s not what “formal language” means. English being used to describe a formal definition doesn’t make it a formal language. roughly 5 hours ago I didn’t say it was a formal language, I said humans co-opt it as one.
layer8 5 hours ago That’s not what “formal language” means. English being used to describe a formal definition doesn’t make it a formal language. roughly 5 hours ago I didn’t say it was a formal language, I said humans co-opt it as one.
It's an interesting move to point me to a rigorously written English language definition of a formal language to make the argument that humans don't co-opt our natural languages as formal languages when the need arises.
That’s not what “formal language” means. English being used to describe a formal definition doesn’t make it a formal language.
I didn’t say it was a formal language, I said humans co-opt it as one.