1. RE: RE: semiotics
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com Nov 06, 2002
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OK. But then, I think "semiotics" is a discipline, and so it's not really meaningful to speak about its "versions". Moreover, semiotics as a discipline is already applied to programming languages. As a matter of fact, two professors and me are teaching "Theory of Programming Languages" at a local University. Semiotics comprises syntax, semantics and pragmatics. In the course, we briefly mention this division, and then concentrate first on syntax in a 3-month course, and then semantics in another course. Pragmatics is left to the exercises...;) Regretfully, there are several books on general programming languages syntax, but practically none on semantics (one of the two other teachers is practically "inventing" the course). If you know about some books, please tell me. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: david <mpenzi at bellsouth.net> To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:07 PM Subject: Re: RE: semiotics > > It was the first post. :) > > > > From: rforno at tutopia.com > > Date: 2002/11/05 Tue PM 08:38:03 EST > > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com> > > Subject: RE: semiotics > > > > > > I don't understand. Is this an answer to some previous post? If so, I > > haven't received it. If not, what is it referring to? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: david <mpenzi at bellsouth.net> > > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:39 PM > > Subject: semiotics > > > > > > > There should be a version of semiotics that applies to programming > > > languages. > > > > > > > " '...But this is one thought that has impressed me, Govinda. Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.' > 'Are you jesting?' asked Govinda. > 'No, I am telling you what I have discovered. Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it..." - fr. Siddhartha, by Hermann > Hesse (1877-1962) > > > >