AlotOfReading 4 days ago

Can't say I agree, and I suspect you probably don't agree with the implications of that definition either. As a hypothetical example, do you think any of the following aren't writing:

* a script which can represent taxes, histories, and religious texts but not the full range of verbal expression

* programming languages

* emojis

The first of these is an actual scholarly debate about whether Aztec script can be considered "full" writing or merely proto-writing.

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consf 3 days ago

Programming languages are precise and unambiguous, designed for machines rather than humans to interpret, while emojis are symbolic and often rely on context for meaning, complementing rather than replacing text