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From: esa@kvvax4.UUCP (Esa K Viitala)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: World languages
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 04:39:36 EDT
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In article <> dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) writes:
  >specifically exclude the unnecesary difficulties and absurdities that most
  >existing languages have (such as genders for nouns, multiple declensions
  >and conjugations, inconsistent rules of pronunciation and accent).
  >
  >It should, above all, be VERY easy to learn, and have a limited 
  >vocabulary.  Shades of meanings should be accomplished mainly with 
  >word combinations, not with new words.
  >
  >Finally, it should be easily parsed by computer.
  >
  >Is there an existing "world language" that satisfies these criteria?

Sounds FORTRAN to me :-) :-).

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