Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography

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Caroline M. Eastman
1982
A comment on English neologisms and programming language keywordsdoi.orgPDF
CM Eastman
Communications of the ACM 25(12), 1982
The choice of keywords in the design of programming languages is compared to the formation of neologisms, or new words, in natural languages. Examination of keywords in high-level programming languages shows that they are formed using mechanisms analogous to those observed in ...MORE ⇓
The choice of keywords in the design of programming languages is compared to the formation of neologisms, or new words, in natural languages. Examination of keywords in high-level programming languages shows that they are formed using mechanisms analogous to those observed in English. The use of mirror words as closing keywords is a conspicuous exceptions.
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