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----- Original Message -----
From: Wade T.Smith <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
> 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.
<< Can 't agree more !
Kenneth
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