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[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

all languages are clusterfucks, have you seen japanese?

[โ€“] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Doesn't make it an excuse.

If you want a language to be used universally, it must not be a clusterfuck.

If it is a clusterfuck, it's easier to make excuses to not adopt the language. So it will fail in becoming a universal language.

"Why would I learn English to communicate with you? You should learn Spanish to communicate with me! Since English has X and Y issues that Spanish doesn't have".