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> Eventually the syntax will stabilize if it hasn't already. Every language in wide use today is still evolving and, if anything, it seems that the pace of lan
by munificent 5y ago
> Eventually the syntax will stabilize if it hasn't already.
Every language in wide use today is still evolving and, if anything, it seems that the pace of language change is generally increasing.
- throwaway894345 5y agoSome amount of evolution is fine, and I think your “pace of language change is increasing” may be true for some languages and time scales, but most languages don’t change more in their second five years than their first.