Re: Fw: Future languages

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat May 11 2002 - 19:31:00 BST

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    On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 02:06 , Kenneth Van Oost wrote:

    >> people developed a special, for everybody to understand,
    >> language.

    > Sorry Wade, but this is drawn out of context, but yes of course this is
    > what languages are for.

    I didn't say that's what language is _for_, I said that's what language
    _is_.

    The development of a pattern that is for everybody to understand.

    - Wade

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