Re: [xml-dev] XML-formatted data is in a perfect form for human comprehe

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I don't think it was even meant as a linguistic statement. It is part of 
the introductory blahblah, and the success and efficiency of ANTLR 
doesn't depend on whether this sentence is true. More generally, using 
abstract syntax trees for modeling certain relationships has little to 
do with what human brains do or not do -- it's just efficient for some 
purposes and some kinds of data.

To try to build a story based on this fragment is a bold move, let's say.

Best regards,

  Piotr

On 06/05/14 21:19, John Cowan wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org
> <mailto:costello@mitre.org>> wrote:
>
>     As you read these words, inside your brain you are parsing them, you
>     are creating a parse tree.
>
>
> Some linguists believe that; others emphatically do not.
>
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