Re: Dead languages?

From: Arjen Markus (arjen.markus_at_wldelft.nl)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:10:01 +0200

Michael Metcalf wrote:
>
> I just happened to hear an editor of the new edition of the Concise Oxford
> English Dictionary say on the radio that obsolete words get removed to make
> way for new ones. Her two examples were Snobol and Cobol. Is this a valid
> definition of a dead computing language?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Metcalf

Well, even if these two are "dead" computing languages, they have very
little reason to be in a dictionary in the first place:
We do not list all the first names and surnames, do we?

I would say, such names (they are proper names, not ordinary words)
should go in an encyclopedia. If taken to the extreme: she should renew
her view of what a dictionary is all about or take another job :D

Regards,

Arjen

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