Language Definition and 613 Threads

I am currently in my second quarter learning the c language. The class is not hard at all, but i want some challenge problems. Are there any goods links?

Hey all, I'm not new to programming, but I feel like I need to gain more information about different languages and their uses. Most of the programming I have done has been in C or C++ (although I don't really use much of the oop stuff in C++). If I ever neeeded an interface, I generally...

Is it just me, or is everyone suddenly using fancy language again? I remember about half a year ago everyone got their hands on http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html" and started using big words, and then it died down. But now it seems to be flaring up again.

Hello everyone. Today I had my first lab that actually used a digital circuit that I didn't have to hand wire with a **** load of wires and resistors. It was awesome, just draw a picture and boom u got ur circuit. But then I noticed you also could skip the drawing and hand code it! I didn't...

And did it have a sigle origin ? the few pages i have read on this topic do not agree, some say language originated 10,000 yrs ago, others suggest 100,000. Some say the origins came from verbalising sign laguage," i suppose it is hard to sign in the dark", how would one say, not tonight dear...

Try this site for the history of English, there are to many links to list http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html

The Anglo Saxon, Furthorc is used for inscription in england from about the 5th century, Furthorc it seems is not a spoken language more an intermediate form of communication. I am lost as to why it came into being, were the people that used it a sub branch or backward group some how...

It seems the study of Evolution is always geared toward physical matter; but what about language? If we are so far advanced why are we speaking a backwards language? :confused: According to history all mankind once spoke biblical Hebrew which is much more advanced than English, or any...

I've noticed that many of the graduate programs I've looked at in mathematics require mastery of a second language. I'm currently studying Mandarin, but have noticed most of them prefer French, German, or Russian. Is there a language other than English that is more useful than others in math and...

I want to learn another language besides C++. What would you reccomend? I was thinking BASIC, but I'm not too sure. What do you think would be good next?

Can you suggest me it is best to learn which foreign language and which will be more useful to me, I will like to learn french just only because i am familiar with some of it words and find them impressive. What do you think?

There's a new bill in the House, http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.997: : Why does the US need an official language? And why have only one? BTW, the bill is really short and easy (1-4 minutes).

Maybe I'm not thinking, but what programming language do our new upcoming consoles use when companys create games for them? p.s. if I am having a brain fart please have patience :shy: post 69 :P

Could someone explain this to me. Why do a large number of schools require that a math PhD have knowledge of 1, or more, foreign languages? I talked to my Math professor about this last semester and he said it was a joke in that he never really used it. However, he did not have to take a...

In the states there is a positive stereotype about the high performance of Asian students academically, particularly in the maths and sciences. I have heard there is a study of american students that showed asians scoring an average of 10 points higher IQ than other groups, but this is...

If I'm going to attempt creating computer programs for simulating theories as complicated as string theory, what language should I be looking at? I have some experience with C++, but if I'm going to devote a large part of my free time to learning a language, I'd like to learn something that...

is it possible to think without a language? Helen Keller knew nothing about language until the age of 16 when she began to speak. To any deaf and mute person, language would not be a medium of thought, or would it? My Father says he thinks in pictures, but to me that in a way makes no sense...

I'm a native english speaker who took latin in high school. What language do you think I should learn in college? I'm considering ancient greek because I might go for a classics major, but I'm also thinking about something that would make it easier to travel the world. Other possible majors...

I am a physics student. I am very much interested in computers.I have already studied C++. I would like to study Java also. But some friends told me that Python is far better than Java. Can u please help me to choose one of them?

Is English superior to other languages for use in the sciences, or is this an illusion of history? Would you dare mention a computer language that rivals English for overall science applications? Are optimum scientific languages more object- or observer-based? What has Noam Chomsky to say of...

This really isn't a homework question, but a curiosity prompted by being marked off for a gramatical error. I am going to go to the store. I'm going to go to the store. Both are accepted in conversational English, but in the 2nd one, I'm is a proper contraction for I am, but gonna...

Can anyone show me how to get good reference materials for Turbo Assembly language for DOS applications? Any complete reference tutorial websites or reference books woul be sufficient. I have been googling and yahooing but still cannot find one good reference. Thanks.

On a message board that I'm moderating, we have a language filter installed. We frankly don't mind bad language, but the problem is many of our users acess from colleges, libraries etc, which block pages with bad language in them. One of our users has figured out that inserting tags into a word...

...by Donald Johanson & Blake Edgar In 1974, Donald Johanson helped to discover the famous fossil specimen of Australopithecus afarensis nicknamed “Lucy”. This book is simply an invaluable source of information about hominid evolution. Part 1 of the book walks you through the modern...

I am looking at classes for my undergraduate degree. My high school's foreign language program was aimed at getting the state schools' prerequisite of two years of foreign language out of the way. So German 3 was not really looked at and seldom had enough people sign up to even create a class...

Do threads get locked for bad language? If not how much can i get away with before the whatever thread gets locked?

A couple of months ago, my friend told me a story. The story was about an incident that occurred when he was working at the movie theater. He explained how two "gangster" girls were there talking, and amongst the profanities, there was, "yo because i bet her up the other day". Of course, my...

Hi, I live in Canada its mandatory to take French courses here. Just wondering what language is it mandetory to learn in America? Thanks in advance!

If I say to the average something is s**t, it is bad, however if I say it is the s**t, then it is good. Am I the only one who sees little or no sense in this? In summary, the language of kids today is terrible. yours relentlessly, Mattypoo xxx

I'm working on a project that I believe should be pretty simple to do if I actually knew assembly language. For my program I'm suppose to start at data memory location 0x30 and perform the increment, decrement, complement, and clear operations. The operations are all performed on location...

Can someone explain to me how limit switch works in everday language, I got some sources that are too technical. Thank you,

Is it possible to construct a Logically Perfect Language? If so, of what value is such a language?

i have a feeling this has been posted b4 (language, like chinese, russian, swahili, english, spanish, japanese, sanskrit...etc) Do u think that language determines a people's or person's comprehension/aptitute/intelligence...their way of thinking? For a language without or definitions for...

Which statements are true? A) A vector can have zero magnitude if one of its components is not zero. B) If a + b = c and a2 + b2 = c2, then the angle between a and b is 90°. C) Two vectors having different magnitudes can be combined to give a vector sum of zero. D) The magnitude of the...

How important are foreign languages when you are pursuing physics or chemistry? The centers of research are all in English speaking countries (U.S., England) and any foreign students must learn English proficiently to survive in their new countries. So naturally, I wouldn't need to learn any...

I'm curious about writing a graphical plotting program to suplement an existing program. I've been working on a Zeta function root finder for a few months now, and I'd like to be able to graph some aspects of the Zeta function as well as many more functions. I'm contemplating what language to...

"Ethical" Language? 1. Why is it unethical to use vulgarity? 2. Why is it polite to refrain from using vulgarity? 3. Is this an ethics issue? Vulgarity is an enigma. The English language is awash in vulgar terms that are frequently and superfluously used, yet there are rules which prohibit...

I'd guess the answer is obvious :smile: My nextdoor neighbor's field is Linguistics. She specializes in Sociolinguistics---what can you tell about society from the words people use, and avoid using. She can listen to the news coverage of an event and often get an essay out of the...

hello all Im new here but is anyone familiar with the fortran language? I need to make a program to do the following: a) read a 3x3 array of REAL NUMBERS b) calculate the inverse of the 3x3 matrix c) write out the answer and the original Matrix d) multiply two 3x3 matrices. this...

I was wondering if a non-English version of MS Office can run smoothly in the English version of WinXP... with the taskbar buttons in the program properly displayed, etc. Thanks for answering :)

The proposed theory is:- That language development sets the absolute limits for the pace of change. (Or conversely is the most crucial catalyst for change) The rate of human progress is controlled by the language constructs used for:- firstly cognitive mental process and secondly...

I was wondering if someone could compile a list of the newest and best computer languages to learn and what they would be for. I was considering learning something this summer after studying physics for awhile but I don't know where to start. I already know some languages Ti 83 basic and some...

can anyone let me know where to get more info about natural language? tks

the 19th century German Philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt claimed that language was directly connected to thinking that people around the world should actually think differently due to their native language the American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf based his (Whorf-Hypothesis) on the...

Do you think it's a good idea to make a whole new language for science/scientists? Any ideas on how it'd work? Can maths could be considered such a language? Have there been attempts in the past to create such a language? Woud it hinder progress in the long run? Would it make it harder...

Can you tell me about it ? Where does it come from ? Why do we understand each other though we speak different languages ? Thanks in advance

I'd like to ask for some opinions about what I've been developing. It's about visual language and thinking visually. Originally I was just trying to satisfy my own curiosity, if I could create many different kind of geometrical figures, which could act as an useful tools for my thoughts, but I...

Say I have 3 modules and I want them to connect them together (make them work together. Ie, output of one module would go into another etc.), how would I do this in verilog?

This is purely speculative and deals with a quirky concept that quite probably no one else will have any interest. Still, I offer it nonetheless, in the hope that some of you might respond. Suppose there was a society in which the people spoke in mathematical terms. They have a complex...

For those who enjoy language These made me smile: Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A backward poet writes inverse. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practice safe eating -...