From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-03-08T15:32:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Solving the 'strange language' documentation problem

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From: "Daniel Berger" <djberge@qwest.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Solving the 'strange language' documentation problem


> > (*) Latin: It is indeed no problem to write technical documentation
> > in Latin. The Holy See does use Latin as its official language and
> > did invest *much* energy into a modern Latin dictionary that allows
> > them to write documents about today's issues in Latin.
> >
> > Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp (at) gmx.de>           http://jupp.tux.nu/
> 
> I knew I could put my M.A. in Classics to use in the computer field
> someday!
> 
> BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
> 
> Of course, I'll have to look up some of the modern words. :)

Indeed... once I bought a Latin/English dictionary mostly
as a matter of curiosity. I was amused and gratified to
browse it and learn that the Latin word for "spaceship"
was "astronavis."

Cheers,
Hal