Re: chomsky and compiler development

Jeff Kenton <JeffKenton@mediaone.net>
3 Jan 2002 15:35:33 -0500

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From: Jeff Kenton <JeffKenton@mediaone.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Jan 2002 15:35:33 -0500
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References: 01-11-081 01-11-096
Keywords: history
Posted-Date: 03 Jan 2002 15:35:33 EST

"Edward G. Nilges" wrote:
>
> "GenericInfoService" <GenericInfoService@yahoo.com> wrote
> > Is anyone familiar with how Chomsky's Universal Grammar impacted the
> > development of modern computer compilers?


<snip>


> However, in 1994, I asked Professor Chomsky about this issue in an
> online conference conducted by Z magazine, and he denied any
> association between his work and that of computer language
> researchers.


Perhaps he feels that way. But, I know at least one PhD linguistists major
who went into computer language design.

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