Syntax refers to structure, whereas semantics refers to meaning. Take the following example: "The dog is in the casa." This sentence is syntactically correct, as the words are in the correct order.

Note that we at this stage are not implementing the function blocks, we're only stating what functionality they must provide, by declaring their interfaces. As this example is quite simple, we'll ...

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