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by moefh 3832 days ago
> But I think that is an unreasonable definition.

I don't think unreasonable in the context of this discussion.

When we use English, having a bit of miscommunication is likely harmless, and probably goes unnoticed most of the time. When we write a computer program, we really want the compiler to understand exactly what we mean.

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True, and good point.