Re: Languages other than English on the mailing list

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

> That sounds reasonable.  Maybe it deserves to be a "written" policy.

Yes, maybe.

> Die-hard unilingual readers are no more deprived of information than
> they would be if the francophones just didn't bother to use the list
> in the first place, which would be a likely reaction to a linguistic
> rebuff.

English-only readers*) are deprived by a thread in a foreign language
just as much as an off list discussion.  I want to discourage both, as
I would like information to be shared, and support efforts to be
minimised as much as possible.

Jan.

*) It is my belief that it is more common for non-English native
   speakers to learn foreign language.

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