Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de wrote:
> John Hall wrote:
> >
> > Eugene.Leit:
> >
> > This is the same argument you tend to hear for learning Latin. It won't get
> > you a job, except perhaps as a classics professor, but it will improve your
> > mind ...
>
> Eugene Leitl said no such silly thing. I *enjoyed* my Latin lessons.
> They expanded my mind way beyond the point of tearing, letting the
> universe in (speaking about mind-expanding, d00d). I owe my current
> technical position solely to my Latin background. Heck, I rewrote
> Medusa's asyncore loop in Latin, and it served the request even
> before I submitted it!
Bwah hah hah!
;-)
jb
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