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The multiplicity of natural languages and the multiplicity of computer languages invite a false parallel. In fact computer languages have settled into an evolutionary rut that was carved by the needs of the earliest computers, while natural language evolves to even greater efficiencies. The talk will discuss “intentionality” as an important aspect of natural language, and the uses of intentionality in computer languages and in object oriented programming.
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Simonyi, C. (2001). Language, Objects, and Intentionality. In: Knudsen, J.L. (eds) ECOOP 2001 — Object-Oriented Programming. ECOOP 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2072. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45337-7_1
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