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  1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 13:57:20 EDT Bob Jonkman Bob Jonkman
    ♻ @oclsc C is a bit like Latin these days. We no longer write everything in it, but knowing it affords deeper knowledge of more-recent languages. ¶ via #Twitter @HackerFantastic
    In conversation Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 13:57:20 EDT from mustard permalink
    1. Mark A. Gibbs (indi@sn.genesismachina.ca)'s status on Monday, 09-Oct-2017 08:44:10 EDT Mark A. Gibbs Mark A. Gibbs
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      The comparison is sound. Like Latin, you'd want to learn if your thing is (programming) linguistics, but forcing kids to learn it just to be able to "speak" modern languages is a waste of everyone's time.
      In conversation Monday, 09-Oct-2017 08:44:10 EDT from sn.genesismachina.ca permalink
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