English as a lightweight language (was: Of Legal Language and CSNotation)

To: Ken Shan <address@hidden>
Subject: English as a lightweight language (was: Of Legal Language and CSNotation)
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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:52:15 -0500
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Ken Shan wrote:

> since English is by many accounts a lightweight language...

Could you provide pointers to any of those accounts?

References:
- Of Legal Language and CS Notation
  - From: Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk@cs.brown.edu>
- Re: Of Legal Language and CS Notation
  - From: "Peter J. Wasilko" <futurist@cloud9.net>
- Re: Of Legal Language and CS Notation
  - From: Ken Shan <ken@digitas.harvard.edu>