Editing 1090: Formal Languages
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| image = formal_languages.png | | image = formal_languages.png | ||
| titletext = [audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.' | | titletext = [audience looks around] 'What just happened?' 'There must be some context we're missing.' | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | 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. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A large banner is hanging over a podium, where a speaker | + | :[A large banner is hanging over a podium, where a speaker is standing. A stick figure crashes through the left side of the panel, scattering glass.] |
− | : | + | :10th Annual Symposium on Formal Languages |
− | : | + | :<<CRASH>> |
− | : | + | :Figure: Grammar! |
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− | :[ | + | :[The figure runs off the right side of the panel, so swiftly it leaves a cloud of dust in its wake. The speaker at the podium just watches silently.] |
− | {{ | + | {{Comic discussion}} |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
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