College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University DigitalCommons@CSB/SJU DigitalCommons@CSB/SJU Honors Theses, 1963-2015 Honors Program 1998 Heraldry and Programming Languages: the Complexity of Natural Heraldry and Programming Languages: the Complexity of Natural Languages Examined through the Parsing of the Heraldic Blazon Languages Examined through the Parsing of the Heraldic Blazon Hans A. Mersinger College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/honors_theses Part of the Computer Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Recommended Citation Mersinger, Hans A., "Heraldry and Programming Languages: the Complexity of Natural Languages Examined through the Parsing of the Heraldic Blazon" (1998). Honors Theses, 1963-2015. 656. https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/honors_theses/656 Available by permission of the author. Reproduction or retransmission of this material in any form is prohibited without expressed written permission of the author.