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A comment on Ramsey Nasser's Arabic programming language artwork. Parent comment

Re:Ramsey Nasser's Arabic programming language artwork by justinmk on Monday May 05, 2014 @06:20PM (#7701667)
Because s/he is extrapolating a curve based on the current birth rate.

> Arabic speakers are reproducing at a rate that virtually guarantees it.

That's ridiculous. In the 1970s, Chinese birth rate was ~5/woman [1]. It turns out that dynamic systems change with time.

Anyways, to get back on topic: more accessibility will only improve things.

[1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy

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Re:Ramsey Nasser's Arabic programming language artwork by unhammer on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @02:30AM (#7703082)
Some other HN comment I can't remember mentioned this: A logistic curve looks a lot like an exponential curve if you can only see the "start" of it ;-)
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