Utterly pointless, and yet delightful! See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JTa1RQxU04
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 23:00 Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > Completely wrong analogy Russell. > > What you are describing is not linguistics but archeology! > > Tomas > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 15:55 Russell Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The other thing I'd add is that you have an understanding that semantic > > ambiguities have to be resolved somehow, and there is likely to be a > marker > > in the language for resolving those ambiguities, and so you pay attention > > to where those clues might be. > > > > Right now I am working on reverse engineering a communications protocol > > internal to a particular series of models of the IBM Wheelwriter > typewriter > > (mine is a WW5), and understanding where information originates, and > where > > it needs to go is a huge help in puzzling out what is likely to be going > > on, and that if a letter comes out on the paper, it got there for a > reason. > > Eventually, this project will be offered as a potential PLUG talk. > > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 3:40 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 14:38:17 -0700 > > > Ali Corbin <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > > > >No reference, but a personal anecdote. In my first job, back in > > > >late 70's, the company was having problems finding people with CS > > > >degrees. They ended up going to colleges and recruiting language > > > >majors. > > > > > > I am a linguist, not a language major, but I have long observed that > > > many language majors are such because they have found that they are > > > good at learning languages. And as a linguist (and one who is also good > > > at learning languages), the key to being good at learning languages is > > > an ability to recognize complex patterns unconsciously and store them > > > in the deeper parts of the brain. And the more languages you learn the > > > easier it is to learn new ones, even ones that are unrelated to your > > > current languages. > > > > > > Those programmers who are proficient in more than one computer language > > > may find a kernel of truth in the above. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
