Difference between revisions of "1090: Formal Languages"
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| − | [[File:Formal_languages.png|[audience looks around] | + | [[File:Formal_languages.png|[audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.']] |
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| − | [audience looks around] | + | [audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.' |
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| − | [[Megan]] is standing at the podium of the 10th Annual Symposium on Formal Languages (as per the banner behind her). [[Cueball]] crashes in through a glass pane and shouts "GRAMMAR!" and dashes off. Megan remains at the podium looking perplexed. | + | [[Megan]] is standing at the podium of the 10th Annual Symposium on Formal Languages (as per the banner behind her). [[Cueball]] crashes in through a glass pane and shouts "GRAMMAR!" and dashes off. [[Megan]] remains at the podium looking perplexed. |
| − | This is a reference to the phrase [[wikipedia:Context-free grammar|context-free grammar]], which is a technical term used in [[wikipedia:formal languages|formal language]] theory. The play on words is that Cueball does not provide any context for his statement. | + | This is a reference to the phrase [[wikipedia:Context-free grammar|context-free grammar]], which is a technical term used in [[wikipedia:formal languages|formal language]] theory. The play on words is that [[Cueball]] does not provide any context for his statement. |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 3 August 2012
![[audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.'](/wiki/index.php/File:formal_languages.png)
Image Text
[audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.'
Description
Megan is standing at the podium of the 10th Annual Symposium on Formal Languages (as per the banner behind her). Cueball crashes in through a glass pane and shouts "GRAMMAR!" and dashes off. Megan remains at the podium looking perplexed.
This is a reference to the phrase context-free grammar, which is a technical term used in formal language theory. The play on words is that Cueball does not provide any context for his statement.
