Re:Wenyan-lang: Classical Chinese Programming Language
by umvi on Saturday February 01, 2020 @09:18PM
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Well, my point is that Latin characters are much easier to learn than Chinese. You only have to memorize 26 characters, half a dozen punctuation symbols, and a dozen keywords vs. thousands of pictograms.
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Re:Wenyan-lang: Classical Chinese Programming Language
by chillacy on Saturday February 01, 2020 @11:54PM
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Chinese characters can be typed on non Latin keyboards like zhuyin. And maybe only somewhat relatedly, the fastest texters of Japanese I’ve seen don’t use a Latin keyboard but some crazy 9 button input grid.
Re:Wenyan-lang: Classical Chinese Programming Language
by jhanschoo on Sunday February 02, 2020 @12:31AM
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This really isn't a problem for the task of learning PLs in Chinese where the number of keywords is bounded...
I would agree that Han characters are a suboptimal technology for everyday written communication due to its large character inventory but this is not a topic where that seems to pose a problem.