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Alan Perlis said, "A programming language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." Similarly, it might be said that a hu
by ktRolster 10y ago
Alan Perlis said, "A programming language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing."
Similarly, it might be said that a human language that doesn't affect your world-view is not worth learning. The language is the door to the culture.
- technomancy 10y agoBingo. I've learned more about English itself the past couple years studying Thai than I have since I was a young child; particularly how daft our orthography is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography#Defective_orthographies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography#Defective... One of the strengths of English is that it adapts by assimilation from other language; if it were the only language around it would stagnate.