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   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 21/12/2025 00:00, Richard Damon wrote:   
      
   > With a very quick search I get to:   
   >   
   > https://sites.radford.edu/~nokie/classes/420/Chap3-Langs.html   
      
   Which says:   
      
   """   
   Recognizers and Deciders   
      
   A *recognizer* of a language is a machine that recognizes that language   
   A *decider* of a language is a machine that decides that language   
   """   
      
   [boldening asterisks are mine to match the bold in the webpage]   
      
      
   It sets the context of the terms for its material as being for   
   languages; it has to to be okay.   
      
      
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