Language is what we build with, the tool that builds the tools.
Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky
That sounds pretty. But not especially accurate. You can build tools with opposable thumbs, a long stick and the optional ability to say “Oook!”
It becomes accurate if you change one word and say that language is a tool that builds the tools.
Heck, you could wind up a librarian in a university.
Regarding tools (for building tools)* check out the flying sorcerers by Nieven and Pournelle.
Emacs is the tool that builds the tools.
Diane Duane, The Wounded Sky
That sounds pretty. But not especially accurate. You can build tools with opposable thumbs, a long stick and the optional ability to say “Oook!”
It becomes accurate if you change one word and say that language is a tool that builds the tools.
Heck, you could wind up a librarian in a university.
Regarding tools (for building tools)* check out the flying sorcerers by Nieven and Pournelle.
Emacs is the tool that builds the tools.