[Computer-go] OT warning: difficult languages

[David Doshay]

English is so hard because it takes its words and grammar from so many other languages (Greek, Latin, German, French ...), so every rule of grammar or spelling or conjugating verbs that seems to be right is then not right at another time. It can easily seem that there are more exceptions than rules. It has been said that English is the "party girl" of languages. But Japanese is probably harder to learn to read.

However, I am quite impressed that overall we are all able to do a good job of understanding each other and share complex ideas and algorithms with each other. Many thanks to all of the folks posting for whom English is not their primary language ... you are making my life far easier (and letting me be the lazy one who does not have to learn your language!).

Cheers,
David



On 11, Jan 2011, at 8:09 PM, Hideki Kato wrote:

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> Japanese is much more difficult, I believe. :)
> 
> Hideki