So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes...

So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in, to cheat or to make love in (and Theorists of Literary Criticism can even be content-free in it), but it is hopelessly inadequate when we have to deal unambiguously with situations of great intricacy, situations which unavoidably arise in such activities as legislation, arbitration, mathematics or programming.

Edsger Dijkstra Quote About Rude, Making Love, Criticism: So Called Natural Language Is...

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