Comment Re:What about C++? (Score 1) 486
I can appreciate the funny perspective of this comment, nevertheless, it got me thinking:
May be, it is not so far away the time when you can plug a translator in you ear (or at least the headphone of your PDA) and *poof!* suddenly 'human translator' is not a well enough remunerated job...
A programmer may not lose his/her job, but many others will, the thing is, would this be a dangerous condition? Maybe not, but could still be a negative factor in the unification of language, after all you could then even understand klingon.
Of course, the same reason that keeps us from traveling on pilotless planes or accept surgeonless surgery; could very well prevent general reliance on this technology.
May be, it is not so far away the time when you can plug a translator in you ear (or at least the headphone of your PDA) and *poof!* suddenly 'human translator' is not a well enough remunerated job...
A programmer may not lose his/her job, but many others will, the thing is, would this be a dangerous condition? Maybe not, but could still be a negative factor in the unification of language, after all you could then even understand klingon.
Of course, the same reason that keeps us from traveling on pilotless planes or accept surgeonless surgery; could very well prevent general reliance on this technology.
