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| From | "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming |
| Date | 2012-12-03 07:22 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <k9i934$fet$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <ee6456d4-f755-4a1c-a614-d376eb6d67dc@r3g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> <0.36f7ff3d9857b1fd40d7.20121201153905GMT.874nk53hpi.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <39090359-75d6-423e-aaf3-dd251c40bdce@q5g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> |
"Brian" <briansipler@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:39090359-75d6-423e-aaf3-dd251c40bdce@q5g2000vbp.googlegroups.com... On Dec 1, 10:39 am, Ben Bacarisse <ben.use...@bsb.me.uk> wrote: >> Brian <briansip...@yahoo.com> writes: >> > Hi, I was reading an article on the Internet about corecursion in >> > computer programming, and the article says that corecursion can be >> > used in computer programming to define a list of possible sentences. >> > I also read that you don;t have to define every sentence that you want >> > when you use corecursion. How do you define the list of sentences >> > that you want with corecursion, without defining every single >> > sentence? >> >> This sounds wrong. Maybe there is a problem with the terms: define >> vs. generate? If you linked to sources the puzzled you might get more >> answers, because at the moment it just sounds contradictory. >> >> -- >> Ben. > >Hi Ben, the article is on Wikipedia, and it's actually about >recursion, not corecursion. The Wikipedia article on recursion in >computer science says that, with recursion, an infinite set of >possible sentences, designs, or other data can be defined, parsed, or >produced by a finite computer program. How do you finitely define an >infinite set of possible sentences using recursion? > You finitely define an infinite set of possible sentences using recursion... by designing a recursive-decent parser. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com Brian
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Corecursion In Computer Programming Brian <briansipler@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-30 08:46 -0800
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-01 15:39 +0000
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming Brian <briansipler@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-01 09:34 -0800
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-01 19:35 +0000
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2012-12-03 07:22 -0600
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-12-04 06:13 -0800
Re: Corecursion In Computer Programming Jongware <jongware@no-spam.plz> - 2012-12-04 16:37 +0100
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