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[faendryl]

If all speech were in some sense executable and wouldn't "compile" otherwise, would lying become impossible? One might think not, because programs can certainly print statements which are false, but what if the same "speech" restriction applied to them? It does seem that it would play havoc with the future tense, though. Or perhaps it would only

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[flashfeather]

I don't know if the book was one of thse two, but I remember something very painful (ei, "total schlock") that involved freestyling wizards. x.- I would like not to think about it.

In other news, your readership is ALL nerds.

[faendryl]

Not coincidentally, my readership consists of friends of mine. What on earth IS a freestyling wizard? I can't find any of the poem-spells from A Wizard in Rhyme quickly with Google; it's probably just as well.

[flashfeather]

What on earth IS a freestyling wizard?

...It's a wizard that launches into horrid rhyme schemes and instant song as soon as they need something done. The sloppiness of this as a magic system just blows my mind- also see "The Dragon and the George"- I believe there may be meter-and-words-are-magic ideas in there too.

[faendryl]

Yeah, that sounds like "A Wizard in Rhyme". Sloppy don't even begin to cover it. Entertaining, though, especially if one has an appreciation for the English language and bad puns.

[stolen_tea]

My brother tried to get me to read that... His name happens to be George, though, which may be part of it. :)