Re: Natural Language Praised

From: Dennis <tsalagiNOSPAM@xxxxxxxx>
Date: 1 Dec 2005 04:43:20 GMT

Ron Hardin wrote:

> Somebody has this as their .sig
>
> "Natural language has evolved to the present point in a way
> optimally to
> meet the needs for two-way human communication." -- Vincent E.
> Guiliano,
> "In Defense of Natural Language," 1972

By God, it had better!

Dennis, after Carlyle
.

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