Much as I hate to say it, the Computer Science view of language design
has gotten too inbred in recent years. The Computer Scientists should
pay more attention to the Linguists, who have a much better handle on
how people prefer to communicate. --Larry Wall
Amen!
Re:Linguists
chromatic on 2006-12-14T20:42:52
I follow the first part, but not the second. Damian's not a (professionally trained) linguist. Larry and Allison are. (Me, I'm a professionally trained crank who types fast.)
Re:Linguists
DAxelrod on 2006-12-14T22:17:30
How does one go about professional crank training? I know a lot of people who would be very interested in this.:) Re:Linguists
chromatic on 2006-12-15T02:26:07
Write inflammatory things on the Internet. Be right at least half of the time. Get paid for it.
Re:Linguists
Alias on 2006-12-15T12:01:55
This is bullshit! You are SO not right more than half the time!
Also, Vi Sucks!
Re:Linguists
mir on 2006-12-15T14:17:01
While YOU were right a nice 50% of the time in your post.
ZZ
Re:Linguists
chromatic on 2006-12-15T17:21:48
Even so, that leaves two out of three things right in my post, which is markedly better than half!
Re:Linguists
Aristotle on 2006-12-18T03:53:57
You’re a journalist?
Re:Linguists
chromatic on 2006-12-18T04:56:20
If you want to get really technical about it, yes. Press releases are the price you pay for press passes.
Re:Linguists
Aristotle on 2006-12-18T06:02:46
I wasn’t getting technical about anything. You said you’re a trained crank; to me that means you’re a journalist.
:-)
