LL-L: "Ogam & Occam" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 12.SEP.1999 (03)

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From: Roger P. G. Thijs [roger.thijs at village.uunet.be]
Subject: Ogam and Occam

In "Het Belang van Limburg" of Sept. 9 there was an article about the "Ogam"
language, apparently originated from Dacia, ... or Shinar, or ..., bur once
spoken, and written, in Ireland. Is there anything "less speculative" and
"more scientific" written about this language? Does it share a similar lack
of certainty with the Pict language.

The name is somehow similar to a procedural computer language ("procedural"
is generally used as opposite to "object oriented" when classifying computer
languages) "Occam", or rather "Occam_2", that we once used for programming
transputers (parallel computers) of CSA (Computer System Architects, Provo,
Utah).

Thanks for any feed-back.
Roger

I switched from Eudora to MS Outlook Express 5.0. Sorry for in case this
causes any inconviences in character representation. Please allow me this
test (in walloon by Marcel Hicter), Thanks:
    Dji hante Bâre li londi
    Emilêye li mârdi
    Marguerite li mièrkidi
    èt Iv'line li djûdi
    Mar-Djôsèf li vinr'di
    èt Fernande li sèm'di
    èt l' dimègn' dji hante avou lès chèrvantes
    Mi dji sos li rwè dès macros.

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