Comments on: Does code count as a language? http://blog.babbel.com/does-code-count-as-a-language/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: erwan http://blog.babbel.com/does-code-count-as-a-language/comment-page-1/#comment-235 erwan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:48:33 +0000 http://blog.babbel.com/?p=469#comment-235 the difference between programming languages and languages comes from the complexity, not the principle. that´s why I think, it´s nearly the same. it depends on what you call fundamental, complexity isn´t, as far as I´m concerned: "programming language is" "a medium to communicate" with machines, " while a spoken language is" "a tool to accomplish a task" of communicating with humans the difference between programming languages and languages comes from the complexity, not the principle. that´s why I think, it´s nearly the same.
it depends on what you call fundamental, complexity isn´t, as far as I´m concerned:
“programming language is” “a medium to communicate” with machines,
” while a spoken language is” “a tool to accomplish a task” of communicating with humans

]]> By: Peter http://blog.babbel.com/does-code-count-as-a-language/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Peter Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:58 +0000 http://blog.babbel.com/?p=469#comment-221 As a programmer who has learned many programming languages over the years and is now trying to learn a foreign language, let me tell you that it is much easier to pick up a programming language than a human language. Programming languages only require you to learn maybe 30-70 keywords, and you need to learn about the syntax too. If it's your first programming language then you will need to learn programming concepts. But all of these are usually pretty regular. With human language you need to learn thousands of new words, learn new syntax which may conflict with how you think in your native language. You needto learn pronunciation. You need to learn conjugation and declension, and on top of all that you need to learn the irregularities. As with anything, practice makes perfect for programming and for human languages, but I don't think programming languages count as "real" languages. As a programmer who has learned many programming languages over the years and is now trying to learn a foreign language, let me tell you that it is much easier to pick up a programming language than a human language. Programming languages only require you to learn maybe 30-70 keywords, and you need to learn about the syntax too. If it’s your first programming language then you will need to learn programming concepts. But all of these are usually pretty regular. With human language you need to learn thousands of new words, learn new syntax which may conflict with how you think in your native language. You needto learn pronunciation. You need to learn conjugation and declension, and on top of all that you need to learn the irregularities.

As with anything, practice makes perfect for programming and for human languages, but I don’t think programming languages count as “real” languages.

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