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Re: Language comparison

From:Sai Emrys <saizai@...>
Date:Friday, January 7, 2005, 3:13
> The important thing to understand is that a language is generally good for the > purposes of its speakers.
I don't disagree with that. I'm just saying that all we can be sure of is that it is *minimally* good. My suspicion is that usually, it will be possible to be *better* for their needs.
> Fitness of a language is not a universal measure but can only be > evaluated when compared with the needs of a specific culture, [...]
Of course. Perhaps I should have made more explicit that I am only saying that languages can be better *for a given context*. Obviously, you need to have goals in order to be able to better fulfill them. ;-)
> Without criteria the entire question means nothing whatsoever.
Agreed. - Sai