On 23 Sep 2006 07:37:10 -0700, "Mike Lyle"
<mike_lyle_uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>RafaMinu wrote:
>> mike_lyle_uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> > RafaMinu wrote:
>> > > Mike Lyle wrote:
>> > > > RafaMinu wrote:
>> > [...]
>> > > > > Latin, arguably the best structured language ever.
>> > > >
>> > > > I see no compelling argument for that judgement of Latin; but
it's
>> > > > irrelevant to the question you raise.
>> > > > [...]
>> > > Just believe me, okay?
>> > [...]
>> > There isn't the slightest chance of that.
>> Okay then,
>> Here's some compelling arguments for you disbeliever, nonbeliever,
>> unbeliever
>> someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity but not my case):
>>
>> Latin as an Ordering Principle
>> http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/latinorder.html
>>
>> Latin Is the Next Step After Phonics
>> http://www.memoriapress.com/articles/phonics.html
>>
>> Latin as a prerequisite for programming
>> http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2005/12/30/10910.aspx
>>
>>
>
>Unconvincing: unlike me, those authors don't seem to have studied Latin
>formally for fourteen years. But I dare say it helped me to learn
>logical arrangement, which is why I repaired your top-posting.
How about "Programming as a prerequisite for Latin"?
--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.usage.english)
