Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Frank Schmuck, CFO [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
> *>
> *>1. William of Orange was reputed to be a strong Linux man but most of his
> *>correspondence for publication was known to have been written in Microsoft
> *>Word. He also was said to have had a strong hand in the development of
> *>ActiveState.
>
> That would be Mandarin Dick :)
>
> Perhaps Simon Schama could help us out on the more pedantic side of
> English History.
>
> However, from the linguistic side of things, it might be interesting to
> contemplate what makes something desireable enough to 'steal' or borrow
> from a language and how that might apply to Perl 6. The OED doesn't define
> the English language, it just keeps track of it :)
Generally about half a mile behind it.
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Piers
