Re: Logic And Politics #6: Introducing Computational Marxism

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> > > > > > > > > Introducing Computational Marxism: The Art Of Losing
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > LEAPS!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What long winded nonsence, how the hell did you write all
this
> >  drivel?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You know, I used to feel that way about computational
linguistics
> >  too,
> > > > > > > but there's really something to it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You mean other than bilking tons of research money from useful
> >  research
> >  and
> > > > > > squandering it on a waste of space.
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, if you want to talk about bilking tons of research money I'm
an
> > > > > interested but not a knowledgeable party; and the results of
academic
> > > > > computational linguistics to date are none too impressive.  But my
> > > > > point here is that "punching while rap" may be an inescapable
reality
> > > > > of meaning (both in the sense of constituting some fragment of
meaning
> > > > > in all cases and all meaning in some cases), and although I'm no
great
> > > > > admirer of Lenin this is actually the tendency of the
*Philosophical
> > > > > Notebooks*.  That's I how I wrote all this "drive-vel", and I am
> > > > > putting more in than I'm used to (though contentful criticism
would be
> > > > > appreciated).
> > > >
> > > > I have two words for you :
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > May your signals all trap
> > > >     May your references be bounded
> > > > All memory aligned
> > > >     Floats to ints rounded
> > > >
> > > > Remember ...
> > > >
> > > > Non-zero is true
> > > >     ++ adds one
> > > > Arrays start with zero
> > > >     and, NULL is for none
> > > >
> > > > For octal, use zero
> > > >     0x means hex
> > > > = will set
> > > >     == means test
> > > >
> > > > use -> for a pointer
> > > >     a dot if its not
> > > > ? : is confusing
> > > >     use them a lot
> > > >
> > > > a.out is your program
> > > > there's no U in foobar
> > > > and, char (*(*x())[])() is
> > > > a function returning a pointer
> > > > to an array of pointers to
> > > > functions returning char
> > >
> > > I have someone else's words for you: That's a good idea.
> > > But I'm personally not sure the demonstration of arcane
> > > symbolism improves things, and in between lies a tale.
> >
> > Personally, my tail is my tail, and where I keep it is no concern of
yourin.
> > Please look after yer own tail.
>
> Indeed it is your tale, and perhaps a very fine one for C programmers.
>  But where you keep is my concern, because it is frankly in this
> context inarticulate and not "literate"; if the two words were
> supposed to be "my tail", that clearly meant something to you.  And
> the point of the essay generally is that computational linguistics is
> not "that portion of language function you can program a computer to
> do", but computational dynamics in language at large - you and writing
> back and forth to each other (some of which you may be able to
> simulate very haltingly).  So clearly "literate programming" is part
> but not all of this, and I'm afraid techies sometimes bite off more
> than they can chew in this regard.

You jest !

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