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Right, and the English was designed to perform the function that it does. Perhaps a sane implementation of the language would use far fewer characters.
by kansface 13y ago
Right, and the English was designed to perform the function that it does. Perhaps a sane implementation of the language would use far fewer characters.
- lttlrck 13y ago"designed" is the last word I would use to describe English :)
- jdbernard 13y agoHe was being sarcastic. I think his point is that because English was not designed it is far less efficient than it could be, and far more complicated than it need be. Therefore it is not a good language to imitate when we go to design programming languages.