Re: Dead languages?
From: lurkerBob (lurkerbob_at_justlooking.com)
Date: 07/08/04
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Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:24:49 GMT
"Michael Metcalf" <michael.metcalf@t-online.de> wrote in
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> 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
>
>
She is obviously a doof. COBOL and SNOBOL are self-defining acronyms.
But the dictionary folks have been adding "cultural" terms to the
dictionary for the last few years. The last time I bought a dictionary
was in 1981. I find it useful from time to time. Mine actually had a
seperate section for the etymology of proper names of english, french,
and germanic origins.
lurkerBob
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