Given that international auxiliary languages allow for more efficient cooperation; I think more people should consider using an easily learnable IAL, like Esperanto.

IALs would reduce the English dominance that gate-keeps software development to English persons; and hence allow more potential software developers to better develop software. The English language is mostly dominant in software development because of linguistic imperialism.

  • Amicese@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 years ago

    Esperanto seems to me kinda… meh. Like, if we are going to do something as ambitious as establishing an IAL, why not shoot for the stars?

    Trying to make a perfect IAL has failed miserably. Esperanto, while not perfect, has managed to do something most IALs haven’t: get a large mass of speakers; so I support it despite it’s flaws.

    Why not choose something that by some standard most of us can agree on, is the best of all for the job (not saying Lojban would be one, since it doesn’t even aim to be an IAL)?

    because Esperanto is a standard most speakers can agree on, even if it’s not perfect. Other IALs failed to develop to the material conditions of the time.