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Why "instead of Latin"? Your requirement seems to be orthogonal to the existence of Latin. Latin's a dead language; we can't submit pull-requests. English (et
by denton-scratch 5y ago
Why "instead of Latin"? Your requirement seems to be orthogonal to the existence of Latin.
Latin's a dead language; we can't submit pull-requests.
English (etc.) are living languages; people are committing changes to them all the time, with no maintainer to oversee the project.
Sure, I'd be happy not having had to spend schooldays learning French and Latin irregular verbs. But these languages weren't developed for dealing with science and engineering.
- orangecat 5y agoLatin's a dead language; we can't submit pull-requests. We sort of can: https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/57/what-is-the-process-for-translating-modern-words-like-tablet-or-smartphone-i/94 https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/57/what-is-the-pro...
- denton-scratch 5y agoOK, I suppose I should have guessed that Contemporary Latin is a thing.