Re: Larry Wall on conlanging

At 10:58 19/05/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>You might think he'd know better, though I'm not surprised he doesn't.
>
>  Nobody designs a natural language by themselves, unless their name
>  happens to be Tolkien.
>    -- Larry Wall (http://kiev.wall.org/~larry/natural.html)
>
        Me neither!

        BTW, I find it strange to try and compare programming languages and
natural languages, even if it seems to be a claim of PERL (I read a French
book about PERL that also used a little of this comparison to justify the
use of such or other feature). That's maybe why PERL is so easy to use
(even by me!).

        When I was younger (I was 10 I think, I didn't even begin to conlang), I
thought of creating a programming language that would map exactly French
(translation: talk in French to your computer and it will obey). But I soon
discovered articles about AI and I understood that it would be impossible
with my computer (at that time I had an Amstrad CPC 6128 -if anyone knows-
with a Z80 processor and 64ko of RAM! And I knew only BASIC!). Anyway, does
it exist now?

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