Posted by Alan Hakim on January 09, 2010 at 18:37:32 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: Not learning Latin (Was: Re: Ages in GN) posted by Andy on January 07, 2010 at 20:31:55:
It is many years since learning Latin was of immediate practical use. But it trains the mind. It was Latin that got me my job with IBM, and Latin Verse that prepared me for programming.
Incidentally, the CEO of IBM UK in the 1990s had a degree in Greats (Classics) from Oxford.
P.S. I posted this in the wrong place just now .... sorry!