simple syntax

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleandsyntax

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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syntax
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɪn.tæks/us
/ˈsɪn.tæks/
language
the grammatical arrangement of words in ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandsyntaxfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has asimplesyntaxbut the expressions can be arbitrarily complex.
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It has asimplesyntaxthat's designed to be legible and concise.
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It is rather easy for students to write a recursive descent parser for such asimplesyntax.
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It strives to combine asimplesyntaxwith the performance of a compiled language, while remaining flexible.
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It has a verysimplesyntax(kind of writing).
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This generally implies relativelysimplesyntaxand semantics.
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As a result, with few exceptions, a program written in either language can be run through asimplesyntaxconverter to translate to the other.
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Sea lions have demonstrated the ability to understandsimplesyntaxand commands when taught an artificial sign language.
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It had asimplesyntax, only one datatype, the string, no functions, and no declarations and very little error control.
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F-logic combines the advantages of conceptual modeling with object-oriented, frame-based languages and offers a declarative, compact andsimplesyntax, as well as the well-defined semantics of a logic-based language.
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They demonstrate the ability to understandsimplesyntaxand commands when taught an artificial sign language, though they only rarely used the signs semantically or logically.
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