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Complaining that younger generations are ruining the language is pointless.
Drawn from what Douglas Crockford said
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- Douglas Crockford American programmer and writer; specified JSON
There is a long standing tradition for each generation to criticize the destruction of standards of language usage by the succeeding generations. IMHO, such whining is pointless. Language is constantly being refactored to increase efficiency as we discuss new things, and to decrease efficiency to compromise outsiders.
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