Discussing the (Im)Possibility of Natural Languages for/in Computer Software Programming


What do you get when you "natural language" with the following commands?

Please note these these are for educational purposes only to reflect language ambiguity. Also, these examples below might not be programming language specific, but they do illustrate ambiguity in technical language and the need to watch jargon when addressing a lay audience.

  • Bring the port up to speed

  • Kill the user's functionality online

  • Unload the backup disk's files into the stack

  • Stack the hard drive with dat files

  • Fix the RAM...Cap Ram on both sides

  • His hardware is at peak performance

 

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