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> Oh, if only Larry Wall were Finnish, so he would have been inspired > by a language that had actual syntax. Finnish language has syntax?? Sorry for offtopic, but as a Finnish speaking person I have a word to say. Languages derived from Latin do have syntax, while Finnish has more exceptions than rules. Actually 'there's more than one way to say it' could be the motto here ;) This gives Finnish high charm in terms of looking vivid, but no foreigner can ever speak correctly even after 10 years of studying it. Moreover, Finns themselves sometimes argue about which form this or that word should be put in ;)There's stuff above here
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