http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/world/18cnd-language.html? ex=1347768000&en=baaeb908e38d6ba8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
"Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century. In fact, they are now falling out of use at a rate of about one every two weeks." http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/ "Welcome to HOPL, the History of Programming Languages. This site is concerned with the idea-historical treatment of the development of programming languages as a means of human expression and creation. In 1976, at the History of Computing Conference in Los Alamos, Richard Hamming described why we might be interested in the history of computing: "we would know what they thought when they did it". This site is all about why they did it - why people designed and implemented languages and what influenced them when they did so (historically, philosophically, politically as well as theoretically). This site lists 8512 languages, complete with 17837 bibliographic records featuring 11064 extracts from those references. It is in effect a family tree of languages with 5445 links, making it not only the biggest programming language family tree around, but also one of the largest idea-genealogical projects undertaken." Looks like we are inventing new languages faster than the old ones are dying off. Multilingual Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The surprising thing about the Cargo Cult Windows PC is that it works as well as a real one. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
