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He says they suck to deal w/ in computing because they're hugely more complicated than English and Russian which have very small, simple alphabets that are very

He says they suck to deal w/ in computing because they're hugely more complicated than English and Russian which have very small, simple alphabets that are very easy to process.

collyw 12y ago
Computing was born in English speaking places (as far as I am aware), probably why it doesn't cater well for more complex languages.
- Sirenos 12y ago
  Maybe it's just my ignorance showing, but it seems to me that the complexity is inherent in the languages themselves.
  - wcummings 12y ago
    It's not your ignorance, they're obviously enormously more complicated, in many cases