Contrary to the foolish
Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with different syntaxes. Erik Naggum
Syntax
Communication does not depend
Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Edwin H Friedman
since feelings come first,
since feelings come first, who cares about the syntax of things? e. e. cummings
since feeling is first
since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don’t cry –the best gesture of my brain … Read more
who pays any attention
who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you e. e. cummings
A computer program is
A computer program is a message from a man to a machine. The rigidly marshaled syntax and the scrupulous definitions all exist to make intention clear to the dumb engine. Fred Brooks
To speak…means above all
To speak…means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization. Frantz Fanon
I ascribe a basic
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization. Frantz Fanon
Destroy the Museums. Crack
Destroy the Museums. Crack syntax. Sabotage the adjective. Leave nothing but the verb. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
The use of the
The use of the high level language made each programmer a factor of 5 to 10 more productive in a coding sense and more concerned with the semantics than the syntax of modules. Fernando J. Corbato