Comments by "xybersurfer" (@xybersurfer) on "Legacy Code Conversion - Computerphile" video.

the syntax is the structure of the language and what it looks like: - in English for example every sentence must end with a "." and you can only use words in the dictionary and made up names - in C for example every statement must end with a ";" and you can only use variable names that you declared i recommend the Comupterphile video "Parsing Explained - Computerphile" about syntax the semantics is what the syntax means or does: - in English for example you can lookup the meaning of words in a dictionary. words have a different meaning depending on the language - in C for example you could look up the meaning of a statement in a book like "The C Programming Language" i recommend Udacity video "Syntax Vs Semantics - Programming Language" about semantics i don't remember any video from Computerphile about both, but it would be cool to see such a video.
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@xurtis i am aware that it falls short. i was never really a fan of the book to be honest. i'm not really expecting OP to go read that book. it was merely meant as an example, to give a rough idea. sorry for making it look like i was endorsing that book
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@xurtis don't misunderstand. i'm not even a fan of C. i think it has a lot of problems. i just picked C as an example because i thought it is a reasonably popular language. to be honest i'm not really satisfied with the expressiveness of any of the languages i've tried. what do you mean with "I think the thing is like to see is something"?
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