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		UncleEntity on April 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I've Learned About Formal Methods in Half a Y... Yep, like the olden days where the only people “in the know” knew Latin. Or, before that, Greek. Then someone had to come along and invent the printing press.

Joker_vD on April 10, 2023 [–]

> Or, before that, Greek.

Greek (or koine, for that matter) was pretty much street vernacular in the Roman/Byzantine empire during that period you're likely talking about.

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