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From: smryan@netcom.com (Pastor Rod Flash)
Subject: Re: World Language?
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: On the other hand, "well-constructed" or synthesized languages
: are almost certainly doomed to failure since they generally do
: not have the flexibility to adapt.  Language is spoken by people
: who can and will use it in the most bizarre ways possible.

Natural languages are dismal failures in some discourses. Such
as programming, math notation, double entry accounting. Within
such specialised domains artificial languages are superior and
persistent.
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