Low Code News

[richmond62]

Has anyone noticed the Russian picture in the latest of LC's Low Code News?
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At first I thought it was Bulgarian until I spotted an ы, which is a specific Russian letter (well, that, and the Russian calligraphy).
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[bogs]

Low code news?

I guess since I didn't know there was any such thing, it explains my missing the picture, but why would the source of the picture mean anything?

I would congratulate you on knowing more about the subtle differences between Russian and Bulgarian languages than I do, though that would not take a lot heh.

[richmond62]

The differences between Russian and Bulgarian are probably at least as much as the difference between Nederlands and Hoch-Deutsch, if not more: and the grammar is totally 'other'. The ONLY similarity is that they both use variants of the Cyrillic alphabet: but, just as Icelandic uses the eth ( ð ) and the thorn ( þ ), and English does not (any more), so Russian uses E-barodna ( э ) and this thing ( ы ), and Bulgarian does not.

And I always thought that most reasonably educated people were aware of those things.

[jacque]

I was reasonably educated, back before public education eroded in the US. Still, Cyrillic languages were never a part of the curriculum.

[richmond62]

Cyrillic languages were never a part of the curriculum where I went to school either: but I have never adhered to the belief that education stops at some point in one's life . . .

. . . I did a spot (and spot is all that it was: only thing I remember is the Russian version of the Cyrillic alphabet, and a few pointless phrases).

. . . I picked up some Hebrew while I was learning how to use a precision power-saw on a kibbutz (think: "Oops, I've just sliced off 2 fingers.")

. . . I studied Sanskrit while working as a tractor driver on a farm (ever tried getting some mental stimulation from cows and sheep: it might drive you to Sanskrit as well).

. . . I studied HyperCard while alternating between looking after a baby and deprogramming people from destructive cults.

. . . I caught some Arabic while running round Jeddah in the middle of the night trying to rent a flat and furnish it for my wife and children (and, NO, Donald Trump's chums were not there to help me).

. . . I have studied many, many things: but, more importantly, information has just come, often uninvited, to me: and I'd be daft not to tak tent of that information.

AND the fact that Cyrillic languages were never a part of the curriculum is not something to be proud of: pity really: just as anything else that was missing.

[bogs]

And I always thought that most reasonably educated people were aware of those things.

Means nothing to me, although I would point out that generalities like "most", "reasonably", "educated", mean different things to different people.

I have never adhered to the belief that education stops at some point in one's life . . .

Education again may not be a uniform meaning. I've learned a great deal in my life and have a fairly broad list of interests, so I may know things you do not, but that would not make me more educated than you are, just educated in different things. I know how to say just enough things in most languages to get my face slapped, and have little interest past that.

I am also not sure you adequately answered (or even noticed) this question:

why would the source of the picture mean anything?