monochrome scarab lineart

2025-05-13,
of ambiguity and precision

shrine and wall panel, Baan Pao Sam Kha, Thailand

2017-08-02 – Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
shrine and wall panel, Baan Pao Sam Kha, Thailand

(youtube) Basshunter «Boten Anna»

Kevlin Henney and Dave Farley did a recent video discussing the precision of programming languages and why you don’t want them to suffer from the ambiguity of natural languages – on the flip side, I can see this as the main failure point of logical constructed languages (like Loglan and Lojban) – they’re trying to reduce ambiguity in natural languages, to turn them into programming languages – but just as you want precision in programming languages, you want ambiguity in natural languages – without ambiguity, you lose the flexibility and adaptability – without ambiguity, you lose creativity, you lose poetry, you lose humor, you lose emotion

(youtube) What is the Future of Programming Languages?

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