Saccharin is a sugar substitute, and syntactic saccharin refers to syntax that offers little or no value to the programmer. Syntactic saccharin might be a symbol or word that is always required even ...

Coding rules in a programming language that enforce a discipline such as requiring that all variables be typed (identified) as string, integer and so forth. Syntactic salt irritates programmers who ...

In recent years two radically different views have dominated discussions about the way in which children learn to read and write. The first view is that the crucial hurdle in learning to read is the ...

There is something enduringly mysterious about the human capacity for language. Our mouths and throats contain an array of muscles and tissue that allow us to modulate the air we take in, transforming ...