Thursday 16 January 2014

Old Wrench, New Nuts

Note the points:

  1. A language has its origin in a less-intellectually-developed group of people.
  2. Over time, the vocabulary may increase and evolve. But the syntax of a language does not change as much.
Therefore it becomes increasingly difficult to express new ideas in a language as time passes. It is like painting Bliss on a rock with plant-color. Not impossible, but handicapped.

A language was developed by people of very old and different age to meet their needs. Those needs seem elementary in our times.

But it is impractical to alter the syntax of a language every now and then. One may end up with a language that few understands.

So bear with it. Or keep silence.

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