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Langauges

Blank posted on Mar 13, 2008 | views: 121 | Tags: Babel, {XX}
There are approximately 7,000 current human languages.
(Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language)

Sometimes, I wonder, why so many?
Computers have switched over from FORTRAN, Basic and COBOL
Why don’t people switch over to better communication method?
Why can’t we get over primitive languages? Cave-age languages?
Will it not be better to have everyone on same platform?
Maybe, that’s why computers are replacing humans? Better adaptability?

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  • rupert7 said on Mar 13, 2008....
    Telepathy,mental communication in ideas instead  of words! Lack of communication,thats why we don't get along too well!
  • TinSoldier said on Mar 13, 2008....
    Esperanto?

    In some ways, English is becoming the "Lingua Franca" of the world. And yes, I can appreciate the irony of this statement.

    With regards to computers, better languages have been developed in the last fifty years or so, but one language that rose about thirty-five years ago, C, has pretty much become the lingua franca of computer programming.

    I'm sure that other examples exist in other disciplines.
  • Blank said on Mar 14, 2008....
    Rupert7- Precisely put. Lack of comminucation. But again, why lack? Is it that our fears are driving us? and only fears? Fear of failure? Fear of rejection? Maybe,I am overcomplicating!
    TinSoldier- Agreed on C.
    But yesterday I realised- Binary codes have never been changed. Maybe, on the same lines, Langauge of Yin and Yang can never be changed and everythng built on it's soild foundation?
    Sometimes, I think, I am weird!

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