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"Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language. It is an open source programming language with more than 1 lakh libraries and more

"Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language. It is an open source programming language with more than 1 lakh libraries and more than 2 lakh active contributors. Python is also known for its simplicity as compared to other programming languages. Be it Artificial Intelligence or Web Development or IoT or Big Data Analysis or Cloud Application Development or Automation domain you can find n number of use cases for Python." Er.. how many? Had to look this up: "A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand."

Waterluvian 8y ago
Arguably English is the de-facto standard language for the Internet, commerce, etc. But there's a huge amount of speakers of other languages. Maybe this is obvious to others but I just had a realization that this may mean that English will inevitably evolve into... what word am I looking for... a creole? Lots and lots of borrowed words.
- hydrox24 8y ago
  English is undoubtedly already creole. See the "Anglish" movement for an idea of what English would be like if it were true to its roots. It is a mix of Anglo-Saxon, German, Latin, French, and Dutch. On top of these fundamental contributions, it borrowed quite a few words from the four corners of the earth as the British empire spread to those four corners and contracted again.
  - Waterluvian 8y ago
    Cool. Thanks for sharing. So it would be unsurprising if English adopts a ton of Hindi, Mandarin, more Spanish, etc. in the next century of global commerce and Internet.
    - gilleain 8y ago
      Heh, I was curious so: Hindi/Urdu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hindi_or_Urdu_origin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hindi_... : eg Avatar, Bungalow, Cot, Dungaree, Jungle ... Chinese/Japanese : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chine... : eg Char, Gung-ho, Ketchup, Wok ... Spanish : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Spani... : eg Adobe, Banana, Canyon, Hurricane ...
  - BerislavLopac 8y ago
    Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. First, the language of Angles and Saxons absorbed some of Briton and Latin languages spoken by their predecessors in Britain. Then the Danes (and Norse in general) introduced many changes that are still part of the language, and finally the Norman conquerors enforced their own French as the language of the ruling class.
    - hydrox24 8y ago
      > Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. You're quite right. I wasn't suggesting that the borrowing occurred during the British empire (I don't think they conquered anywhere that spoke latin). I was suggesting that the empire imported the occasional word from a list of nations and languages too long to list: >> _On top of these fundamental contributions_, it borrowed quite a few words from the four corners of the earth
insulanian 8y ago
Interesting how 1 lakh is written: 1,00,000

Waterluvian 8y ago

Arguably English is the de-facto standard language for the Internet, commerce, etc. But there's a huge amount of speakers of other languages. Maybe this is obvious to others but I just had a realization that this may mean that English will inevitably evolve into... what word am I looking for... a creole? Lots and lots of borrowed words.

hydrox24 8y ago
English is undoubtedly already creole. See the "Anglish" movement for an idea of what English would be like if it were true to its roots. It is a mix of Anglo-Saxon, German, Latin, French, and Dutch. On top of these fundamental contributions, it borrowed quite a few words from the four corners of the earth as the British empire spread to those four corners and contracted again.
- Waterluvian 8y ago
  Cool. Thanks for sharing. So it would be unsurprising if English adopts a ton of Hindi, Mandarin, more Spanish, etc. in the next century of global commerce and Internet.
  - gilleain 8y ago
    Heh, I was curious so: Hindi/Urdu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hindi_or_Urdu_origin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Hindi_... : eg Avatar, Bungalow, Cot, Dungaree, Jungle ... Chinese/Japanese : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chine... : eg Char, Gung-ho, Ketchup, Wok ... Spanish : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Spani... : eg Adobe, Banana, Canyon, Hurricane ...
- BerislavLopac 8y ago
  Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. First, the language of Angles and Saxons absorbed some of Briton and Latin languages spoken by their predecessors in Britain. Then the Danes (and Norse in general) introduced many changes that are still part of the language, and finally the Norman conquerors enforced their own French as the language of the ruling class.
  - hydrox24 8y ago
    > Actually this borrowing is far older than the British Empire. You're quite right. I wasn't suggesting that the borrowing occurred during the British empire (I don't think they conquered anywhere that spoke latin). I was suggesting that the empire imported the occasional word from a list of nations and languages too long to list: >> _On top of these fundamental contributions_, it borrowed quite a few words from the four corners of the earth

insulanian 8y ago

Interesting how 1 lakh is written: 1,00,000