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===Inspirations=== | ===Inspirations=== | ||
====Toki Pona==== | ====Toki Pona==== | ||
The creator was first inspired to create Cân Gert while reading up on [[Toki Pona]]. He was intrigued by the idea of linguistic minimalism, | The creator was first inspired to create Cân Gert while reading up on [[Toki Pona]]. He was intrigued by the idea of linguistic minimalism, and this sparked the idea of trying to create a language that featured more of a compromise between minimalism and pragmatism. | ||
Several features of Toki Pona did not meet his own understanding of what would constitute a pragmatic-minimalistic language. Primarily, he considered brevity, clarity and ease of use to be important features/results of such a compromise philosophy. In that light, he identified several aspects which he wanted to approach differently, and which became part of Cân Gert's design goals. | Several features of Toki Pona did not meet his own understanding of what would constitute a pragmatic-minimalistic language. Primarily, he considered brevity, clarity and ease of use to be important features/results of such a compromise philosophy. In that light, he identified several aspects which he wanted to approach differently, and which became part of Cân Gert's design goals. | ||