Re: What's the word for...

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Fri, 18 Feb 1994 16:28:17 GMT

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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 1994 16:28:17 GMT

tjj@netnews.summit.novell.com asked:


> Could someone pleace tell me what the word is for
> a language which can be written in itself.


Abstract mathematics traditionally coins adjectives of the form
"idem-<foo>" (e.g., idempotent) for this sort of property.
I dunno, "idemexpressive"?
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