From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: English SUCKS, Chinese is the only language you need!! Date: 1997/11/26 Message-ID: <65hsr3$ss$4@darla.visi.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 292932283 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <65279f$hgo@corn.cso.niu.edu> <347BFB4E.747CFEF6@lucent.com> <65h9r4$knu@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> Organization: Plethora Internet NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Nov 1997 13:21:07 CST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-26T13:21:07-06:00 List-Id: In article <65h9r4$knu@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be>, CERVANTES OJEDA, Jorge <"JCER@BTMV74"@btma74.se.bel.alcatel.be> wrote: > It is NOT only courtesy. When you learn a second language you get also an >incredible ammount of CULTURE. :^) Indeed! Most natural languages have assumptions about the nature of the universe embedded in them, and different ones can express different concepts more easily. > As for programming languages, The more languages you learn the more adaptable >you are for any change in your job. It is not only the knowledge of the >languages itselves but the ability to understand other people's ideas and >improve them with your's. Indeed! I didn't really make good use of switch in C until I had gotten used to using 'case' in sh. -s -- seebs@plethora.net -- I am not speaking for my employer. Copyright '97 All rights reserved. This was not sent by my cat. C and Unix wizard - send mail for help, or send money for a consultation. Visit my new ISP --- More Net, Less Spam! Plethora . Net