From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Sun Dec 22 2002 - 16:18:34 MST
Avatar Polymorph <avatarpolymorph@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know about the maximum number of languages that can be learnt?
I seem to remember that the record is on the order of 20 or 30 or
so. Some guy at a UN translation office. The main problem being
to get enough practice to stay fluent in them.
> Secondarily, does anyone know what the maximum number of computer languages
> able to be learnt by one person might be?
As many as you can find time to actually work with, I guess. For
practical purposes, computer languages are an entirely different
thing than human languages. Personally, I don't think I process
code like language at all, but hey, I might be wrong, given our
species' absurdly limited ability of introspection.
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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