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It's a peaceful life (europe.pub)
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TNG s5e2 " Darmok"

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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

A C++ user could never make novel assembly that C++ couldn't already target without also being able to deal in assembly.

So your concept may explain all the speaking in only old metaphors, but in the end they synthesize a new one: Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel. So they clearly could still use the underlying languag.

Also, Dathon listened to Picard tell a story, and Dathon seemed engaged with language as a narrative. This means Dathon was able to grasp the story as constructed from words he ostensibly wouldn't have understood?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    Well, it's important to remember that Picard wasn't the only one there trying to figure the other guy out. Dathon was trying, too. So it's like a C++ user spending enough time observing an assembly coder that he was able to invent ONE novel C++ command.

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