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Computer programming uses a small subset of English in code and the industry nearly always uses the American socio-cultural kind of English.
English is the fullest language we have, with all the infamy of pilfered concepts from the European continent.
The language/natural language distinction is reductionist, halving all language, when in reality it is a structure that cannot be halved.
He recommends reducing languages down to their most basic elements. This is a mistake that doesn't go anywhere. You end up with a pile of sticks.
All his crictisms of English (one voice, limited understanding, ect) can be leveled at any living, breathing human.
I wonder where the experiment goes. His criticisms of English should be better.
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Computer programming uses a small subset of English in code and the industry nearly always uses the American socio-cultural kind of English.
English is the fullest language we have, with all the infamy of pilfered concepts from the European continent.
The language/natural language distinction is reductionist, halving all language, when in reality it is a structure that cannot be halved.
He recommends reducing languages down to their most basic elements. This is a mistake that doesn't go anywhere. You end up with a pile of sticks.
All his crictisms of English (one voice, limited understanding, ect) can be leveled at any living, breathing human.
I wonder where the experiment goes. His criticisms of English should be better.