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List:       openmoko-community
Subject:    Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions
From:       Vincent <imnotb () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-20 21:04:32
Message-ID: 749ebd440805201404u4483c179qc4fd7fd15f57df51 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 5/20/08, Fredrik Wendt <fredrik@wendt.se> wrote:
>
> Kevin Dean <kevin@...> writes:
> > > Language DOES matter. We use English on this list...
> >
> > Programming language. :)
>
> Sorry if I wasn't clear on what I meant. I was refering to the generic case
> - be
> it spoken language, programming language, painting, music, ... If you want
> very
> active involvement of participants then they need to easily grasp the
> environment and what others have done before.


In spoken language, however, there is a de facto standard (English). When it
comes to C vs. C++, there's always a lot of people that are fluent in one
vs. a lot of people that are fluent in the other.

/ Fredrik
>



-- 
Vincent

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/08, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Fredrik Wendt</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:fredrik@wendt.se">fredrik@wendt.se</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Kevin Dean &lt;kevin@...&gt; writes:<br> &gt; &gt; \
Language DOES matter. We use English on this list...<br> &gt;<br> &gt; Programming \
language. :)<br> <br> Sorry if I wasn&#39;t clear on what I meant. I was refering to \
the generic case - be<br>  it spoken language, programming language, painting, music, \
... If you want very<br> active involvement of participants then they need to easily \
grasp the<br> environment and what others have done before.</blockquote><div> <br>In \
spoken language, however, there is a de facto standard (English). When it comes to C \
vs. C++, there&#39;s always a lot of people that are fluent in one vs. a lot of \
people that are fluent in the other. <br></div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> / Fredrik<br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br>Vincent



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