Re: Wilkins' philosophical language in the news

En réponse à Tim May :

>  >
>Stephenson?  He's alright.  I think I may have read all his books
>now.  Mostly science fiction.  His last one, _Cryptonomicon_, seems to
>be related to the new one - some of the characters seem to have the
>same names, but _Cryptonomicon_ was set in WWII and the present day.
>He's known for not being much good at writing endings.  I don't know
>that I'd compare him to Eco, but then I've only read _Foucalt's
>Pendulum_.
Me too. But the setting of the website presenting his new book and the
texts made me think precisely of Foucault's Pendulum :) .


>A very long article, and entertaining, article for _Wired_ on
>submarine cables:
>http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html
>
>_In the Beginning was the Command Line_, a meditation on operating
>systems and modern life:
>http://bang.dhs.org/be/beginning.html
Thanks for the links! This last one was especially great!

>  >
>There's a translation of Borges's essay here:
>http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html
Thanks!

And thanks for the link to the other article, and thanks to Jake for
finding the website with the book GIFs :)) . I'll make sure to bookmark it :) .

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.