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> A short sentence does this description just as good and is much less ambiguous so you're now dictating what can be said, rather than designing a system for w

by chii 3y ago

> A short sentence does this description just as good and is much less ambiguous so you're now dictating what can be said, rather than designing a system for which _anything_ that could be said is possible? You're missing the goal of a system of writing and representation.

0xBA5ED 3y ago
The system exists. It's text.
- chii 3y ago
  how would you write something that's not ascii character based, such as hieroglyphs?
  - 0xBA5ED 3y ago
    A set of hieroglyphs for a formally designed and recognized language that is in use to communicate is one thing. Endless bits of arbitrary clip art is another.