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There are idioms in spoken languages that do not translate to other languages. There may be a literal translation, but it doesn't make sense or are incredibly a

• shasta 13y ago
  Most current ones do, but this will change as new languages gain the ability to express most of what the others can express.
  • tel 13y ago
    There are a couple limitations on that. For instance, you cannot have a language that's both total and general recursive.
    • shasta 13y ago
      So have a total fragment in your general recursive language, or encode recursion in your total language. Either is preferable to using an FFI to combine markedly different languages.
      • tel 13y ago
        That's fine, but you're beginning to talk about a lot of languages glued together instead of one "master language", I think.