Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Language and Ph.D. programs/reply (9)

what does a snippet of "c" code look like? is it mostly numbers? or lots of funny symbols or what?

I kinda wonder if it's not just a generational thing, or an American thing, this idea of not learning languages and not thinking they are important. Dad has his phd in theology, from maybe the 40s? at most, 50s, and he had to learn latin, greek, and hebrew before he even declared his major as an under grad. He knew french and german from HS.

My husband, and most europeans for that matter, of course speak english, but generally also german and italian and french. he's 42 now, so again, maybe it's no longer true, there.