Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, "Oh, that's a cool way to say it," and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.
Larry WallThis job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.
Larry WallHuman languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.
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