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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
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Subject: Re: The Language Barrier [Was: Could FreeBSD be ...]
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On Sun, Nov 16, 1997 at 05:27:52PM -0700, Charles Mott wrote:
>
> In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Americans working in the areas of
> physics, aerodynamics, chemistry and chemical engineering often had to
> _learn_ German (not just pass an exam) in order to keep up with
> developments.

Sic transit gloria mundi
Greg