Languages and the Computing Profession
The URLs given below are mostly those which happened to cross my line of vision at about the time I was writing this essay.  They include most of those cited in the essay.
  • Steven J Vaughan-Nichols, Statistical Language Approach Translates into Success, Computer, 2003 November, pp.14-16

    The Chinese writing system

  • Omniglot
  • Hao (on Unicode)
  • VicNet
  • CJVLang
  • Wikipedia
  • Jerry Norman, Tradition and Transformation in the Chinese Writing System (PDF)

    Mark Twain's German

  • The essay (with extra links, another copy, and another)

    Miscellaneous

  • Alfred Hermida, Asia plays with hi-tech visions, BBC, 2003 October 10 (people in Asia are adapting mobiles and other technology to suit their cultural priorities)
  • Nigel Williams, Death to the otiose comma, The Observer, 2003 November 9 (proper punctuation is paramount in Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves)
  • Jack Schofield, Top of the pops, The Guardian, 2003 November 27 (which countries are taking the best advantage of the digital revolution?; English and the internet)
  • John Mullen, Queen of pedants, The Guardian, 2003 December 2 (commas, hyphens and the importance of correct colon usage - how has Lynne Truss's book on punctuation become a bestseller?)
  • Celebrating punctuation, The Economist, 2003 December 3 (birth of the Apostrophe Liberation Society; more on Eats, Shoots and Leaves)
  • Clint Witchalls, Save your wrists, The Guardian, 2003 December 18 (following claims that voice recognition software has improved, an RSI sufferer was keen to try it again)
  • Mobile phone use grows in Africa, BBC, 2003 December 23 (at least 30 African countries now have more mobile phones than landlines)
  • Mobiles "narrow information gap", BBC, 2003 December 23 (mobile phones are helping to bridge the communications divide between the world's rich and poor)
  • Linguistic difference and thought, The Economist, 2004 Jamuary 8 (languages may be more different from each other than is currently supposed; that may affect the way people think)
  • Geoff Adams-Spink, Web opens up for learning disabled, BBC, 2004 January 11 (symbols software make sense of the internet for people with learning problems)
  • Microsoft to aid developing countries, The Age, 2004 January 24 (Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has announced a partnership with the United Nations to bring computer technology and literacy to developing countries)
  • Sam varghese, Taking the stuffing out of Microsoft, The Age, 2004 January 22 (to the world at large, the word Microsoft means one thing - computer software; in Australia, the trademark Microsoft is also used, legally, by a company which manufactures pillows and quilts)
  • Ruaridh Nicoll, Listen to the words, The Observer, 2004 January 25 (Scots is a language too rich and precious for us to allow it to disappear)
  • Mark Abley, Three cheers for Boro, The Guardian, 2004 February 7 (Chris Lavers wants to call a halt to the relentless march of English around the globe in Spoken Here)
  • Tom Pittman, Meaning-Based Machine Translation of the Bible (a relevant paper by a reader)