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Esperanto, some would say, but others would then argue that you'll have a lot of trouble finding developers.

by FFP999 3y ago

Loughla 3y ago
How has their not been a successful synthetic language? It seems like something that would occur on the internet.
- jbaber 3y ago
  There's always some de facto lingua franca already around.
- interestica 3y ago
  Kinda related. Hangul (the Korean writing/character system) was created in 1443 to solve a bunch of problems related to competing adapted character systems. > the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty, Sejong the Great, personally created and promulgated a new alphabet. > The Korean alphabet was designed so that people with little education could learn to read and write. A popular saying about the alphabet is, "A wise man can acquaint himself with them before the morning is over; even a stupid man can learn them in the space of ten days." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#History
- rtpg 3y ago
  learning a language is hard. Unlike with PLs, learning a language in a vacuum for your own use is ... pretty difficult and hard to apply? And on top of that there are many "good enough" solutions. English has a bunch of weird and confusing issues. But "English as a second language" is at least a variant that is stripped down, with far less weird idioms, and lets you get points across to people. "Correct" pronunciation (whatever that's worth) is also optional. Hard to beat! I thought Esperanto did have some success though! And FWIW I think many language learning communities can thrive on a bunch of people using their second language. So maybe if someone makes a fun synthetic language it can totally work!
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em-bee 3y ago
esperanto is very easy to learn though. so if you can't find developer who speak fluent english, then teaching them esperanto is still faster than getting them to improve their english.

Esperanto, some would say, but others would then argue that you'll have a lot of trouble finding developers.

by FFP999 3y ago

Esperanto, some would say, but others would then argue that you'll have a lot of trouble finding developers.

Loughla 3y ago

How has their not been a successful synthetic language? It seems like something that would occur on the internet.

jbaber 3y ago
There's always some de facto lingua franca already around.
interestica 3y ago
Kinda related. Hangul (the Korean writing/character system) was created in 1443 to solve a bunch of problems related to competing adapted character systems. > the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty, Sejong the Great, personally created and promulgated a new alphabet. > The Korean alphabet was designed so that people with little education could learn to read and write. A popular saying about the alphabet is, "A wise man can acquaint himself with them before the morning is over; even a stupid man can learn them in the space of ten days." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#History
rtpg 3y ago
learning a language is hard. Unlike with PLs, learning a language in a vacuum for your own use is ... pretty difficult and hard to apply? And on top of that there are many "good enough" solutions. English has a bunch of weird and confusing issues. But "English as a second language" is at least a variant that is stripped down, with far less weird idioms, and lets you get points across to people. "Correct" pronunciation (whatever that's worth) is also optional. Hard to beat! I thought Esperanto did have some success though! And FWIW I think many language learning communities can thrive on a bunch of people using their second language. So maybe if someone makes a fun synthetic language it can totally work!
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em-bee 3y ago

esperanto is very easy to learn though. so if you can't find developer who speak fluent english, then teaching them esperanto is still faster than getting them to improve their english.