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Reminds me of a recently posted article about construction [0]. If something is changing a lot, that's one sign of high capital investment. If you look at the
by cellis 4y ago
Reminds me of a recently posted article about construction [0].
If something is changing a lot, that's one sign of high capital investment. If you look at the greatest cities in the world, they're never "done". The ones that don't have high activity are usually dying or only serve one purpose ( tourism ). Likewise with languages.The Javascript ecosystem is the largest and most active in the world. If it were a city of developers it would probably be akin to Sao Paulo, NYC, or Shanghai.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31789809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31789809
- spacebanana7 4y agoI wonder whether this idea applies to spoken languages as well. Obviously English is changing more than Latin, but I'd be curious to see how much faster Spanish changes compared to German. Presumably Spanish should be changing faster than German, given its higher activity in the modern world.
- oars 4y agoThis is a great comparison, thanks.