>> I can write you programs in BASIC, Pascal, SDL, Tcl, Java, JavaScript, 
>> PostScript, or even assembly if I have to. (Depends which processor. 
>> Obviously.) But C and a few other highly complex and messy languages 
>> are more than even I can cope with.

> I find the 'even I' amusing.

Do you know how many people can code directly in PostScript? (Small 
hint: not many.)

Do you know how many people can code in assembly? (Hint: even fewer.)

>> My God... It's... It's like... [I'm searching for the HGTTG quote]... 
>> It's like a psuedo-random assortment of letters!
> 
> Is that the quote?

Er, no.

>> With experimentation, it seems that the translation FROM English to 
>> German significantly breaks sentences, 
> 
> how would you know?

Some of the Germans in this forum said so.

>> while the translation the other way is moderately reliable.
> 
> I can not imagine that it will translate the archetypal German sentences 
> with the verb that closes the sentence 5 lines below the subject in a 
> readable way.

Search me.

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