On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Sunny Han wrote: #However, programming languages are similar to natural languages in that they #started very simple, only what programmers need it, but with routes for #expansion as well. There is no evidence whatever that natural languages ever "started very simple", unless you accept texts such as Genesis 2:19-20 as evidence. # As technology developed and programmers needed a firmer #grasp and control on the operations of the machine, thing were added. Such #as C and C++. Further, many different programming languages can be traced #back to say... shell scripting, which is like many romantic languages have #similarites with Latin. Yes, the Romance (not "romantic") languages resemble each other and Latin somewhat as siblings resemble each other and their parents. -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel