1. semiotics
There should be a version of semiotics that applies to programming
languages.
2. Re: semiotics
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: david <mpenzi at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: semiotics
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> > There should be a version of semiotics that applies to programming
> > languages.
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Why?
jbrown
PS> I forget, what are "semiotics" ?
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3. Re: Re: semiotics
semiotics is the science of human languages, how they work, structure, etc....
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> From: jbrown105 at speedymail.org
> Subject: Re: semiotics
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: david <mpenzi at bellsouth.net>
> > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:39 PM
> > Subject: semiotics
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> > > There should be a version of semiotics that applies to programming
> > > languages.
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> > >
> Why?
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> jbrown
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> PS> I forget, what are "semiotics" ?
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" '...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)
4. Re: Re: semiotics
semiotics is the science of human languages, how they work, structure, etc.
I'm just suggesting that there should be an easier way to learn Euphoria. I
was lost @ a third of the way thru David Gay's tutorial.
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> From: jbrown105 at speedymail.org
> Subject: Re: semiotics
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> > ----- 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.
> > >
> > >
> Why?
>
> jbrown
>
> PS> I forget, what are "semiotics" ?
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" '...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)
5. Re: Re: semiotics
On 7 Nov 2002, at 18:41, david wrote:
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> semiotics is the science of human languages, how they work, structure, etc.
Or, a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols. Tokens with
meaning, like words.
Kat
6. Re: semiotics
Kat wrote:
> On 7 Nov 2002, at 18:41, david wrote:
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>> semiotics is the science of human languages, how they work, structure, etc.
>
> Or, a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols. Tokens with
> meaning, like words.
>
> Kat
Absolutely right. Semiotics isn't the same as linguistics.
e.g. http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
BTW, Umberto Eco isn't "only" a writer, but also a professor for
semiotics.
Regards,
Juergen
7. Re: Re: semiotics
Interesting that you mentioned him. I have a first edition english translation
of 'Foucault's Pendulum' in hardcover. I wonder how far Euphoria could go in a
simulation of the Pendulum? Hmmmm, the possiblilties...
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> From: Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: semiotics
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> Kat wrote:
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> > On 7 Nov 2002, at 18:41, david wrote:
> >
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> >> semiotics is the science of human languages, how they work, structure, etc.
> >
> > Or, a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols. Tokens
> > with
> > meaning, like words.
> >
> > Kat
>
> Absolutely right. Semiotics isn't the same as linguistics.
> e.g. http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html
>
> BTW, Umberto Eco isn't "only" a writer, but also a professor for
> semiotics.
>
> Regards,
> Juergen
>
>
>
>
" '...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)
