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From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Foreign languages
Message-ID: <132@sopwith.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 20:16:08 GMT
References: <7287@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <2851@eos.UUCP> <401@rb-dc1.UUCP> <21572@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy)
Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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In article <21572@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> loving@cs.ucla.edu (Mike Loving) writes:

| I personally think that it is sad that so few people in the US speak
| ANY foreign language.  I think that requiring two foreign languages for
| a Ph.D. is a bit extreme but I think one would be a good thing.  

Isn't it supposed to be much easier to learn (natural) languages when
you are young?  Post-grad is a bit late, foreign languages should be
taught in grade school.

It would be nice if natural languages were as easy to learn as computer
languages.  (more logic, less memorization)  Someday I expect to turn
the TV on and hear, "I'll take German irregular verbs for $500."
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