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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  1461 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language

To me, this premise doesn't even make sense on the surface...

Writing - in any form, be it code or cuneiform - is an attempt to communicate to another person through an intermediary. In code, you try to write in a way that the medium (the compiler) will understand, plus the next person to read your code will understand. This is similar to writing in cuneiform on a clay tablet: the media and structure of the language is limiting the natural form of communication. So you have to take the FORM of the communication medium into account in your communication, and adapt your communication appropriately to meet the media.

Speaking is an entirely different set of tools, skills, and intents.

I also second everyone else's comments about "has the author ever heard of a "Linguist" before?" Because you can't swing a cat in Budapest without hitting a visiting linguist who has decided to come to examine this weirdo language in person... Linguists have all kinds of insights to offer this author...