I'd like somebody to please explain the meaning of 'semantics' and 'syntaxes' as it relates to the C++ language using English as reference...
For example, write a phrase or sentence in english and tell me which is the semantic and which is the syntax. I want to beleive this is possible.
Thank you very much for your time...
Regards,
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Syntax:I'd like somebody to please explain the meaning of 'semantics' and 'syntaxes' as it relates to the C++ language using English as reference...
I - personal pronoun, the subject of the sentence
'd like (= would like) - verb, the action
somebody - the object of the sentence
etc.
Semantics:
What you meant when you arranged those phrases like you did.
Or ponder the Colourless green ideas
Last edited by anon; 01-03-2008 at 02:14 PM.
I might be wrong.
Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
"add y to x"
"x += y;"
"x = x + y;"
All three are semantically equal. They all mean the same. However, only the last two are syntactically correct C/C++. The first is syntactically correct english.
Compared to an english test, if you have spelling mistakes or gramatical mistakes, it's syntax errors. If your text is perfect english, but doesn't express what you originally wanted to say, it has semantic errors.
hth
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You may want to study the Wikipedia site here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics
It has a specific area regarding "Computer Language" and Semantics.
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