P*rl in Latin, whither Python?

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Sun Nov 12 21:00:13 EST 2000


Steve Lamb wrote:

> Esperanto, OTOH, does not.
> I can count to 999,999 but that is only because I haven't learned the
> Esperanto word for million yet.

It's `miliono.'

> English: 11 = Eleven.  The English words for 1-10 don't prepare you
> for
> "Eleven".  Nor Twelve or Thirteen.

Not all natural languages are like that.  Counting in Japanese is very
straightforward, for instance.

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