garden/pages/programming language.md

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  • a system of notation for writing computer programs. - Wikipedia

  • programming languages are usually split into syntax (the way things are typed) and semantics (what the typed things mean). these are usually defined by a formal language.
    • some languages have big fancy reference documents.
      • (like c, which is accompanied by a fancy and expensive ISO standard)
    • some languages
  • not to be confused with a computer language.
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