[OPINION] - does language really matter if they all do the same thing?

Lothar Scholz llothar at web.de
Sun Jan 25 08:21:26 EST 2004


Jonathan Daugherty <cygnus at cprogrammer.org> wrote in message news:<mailman.708.1074883454.12720.python-list at python.org>...

> that english and arabic are, in the same sense, just two sides
> of the same coin, which is a gross oversimplification of the
> matter and a disrespect to the qualities of the languages

english and arabic are quite equal. compare it with tonal asian
languages then you find some real difference. For example in the thai
language there is no word that means "No", you can only politely deny
"yes". This is mental difference.



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