On 10 Mar 2014, at 13:55, Yoav Nir <ynir(_dot_)ietf(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
In practical terms. I walk into a room discussing (just picking a wg or bof
at random) "tunneling compressed multiplexed traffic". Suppose I knew
anything about this and had some slides:
- what language would those slides be in?
- what language would the draft that the slides are talking about be in?
- In what language am I talking about the draft or the slides?
- The people running to the mike telling me that I, in fact, do not know
anything about this, what language do they speak?
If the answer to all these questions is English, what does this flexibility
mean?
If the answer is that there will be a whole bunch of languages, how are we
going to communicate?
English is not my native language, but I don't see an alternative. People all
over the world learn English as a second language. More so than any other
language. Unless you want to get us all speaking Esperanto or lojban, English
is the most practical.
Yes, very much agree. English is and should be the language for the foreseeable
future. I think Harald quoted the relevant parts of the RFC on this.
Klaas
Yoav
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:41 AM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar
<chaitanyabd(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
Good point A, in fact the internet being representative of an infinitely vast
variety of languages the Internet Engineering Task Force should reflect this
flexibility. While English can remain the primary language for documentation
the IETF itself should be language agnostic.
Best,
Chaitanya Dhareshwar
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Andrew Sullivan
<ajs(_at_)anvilwalrusden(_dot_)com> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 09, 2014 at 04:37:56PM +0000, Abdussalam Baryun wrote:
I recommend allowing another second official
language will solve a lot of native English speakers problems.
Why stop at two? I think we should simply dispense with the idea that
we need an official language. That way, we can talk past each other
without any undue effort on anyone's part.
Best regards,
A
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