``` /*************************** * │ │ * * │ ... ( │ * * │ │ * * you│are not expected * * to understand this * * │ │ * * │ ... ( │ * * │ │ * * at least not yet * * │ │ * * │ ... ( │ * * │ │ * * │unless you're│a * * │programmer │ * * │ │ * * │ ... ( │ * * │ │ * * in│which case y\│ * * │ou'll │ * * totally understand * * though it may take * * the old literature * * │folks awhile to * * │catch up... │ * * │ │││ │ * * │ iii │ * * )│) └─┤ )│) * * │ ┌1 │ │ * ******│*│********│**│******/ │ │ 　二　 │ │ │ │ ┌─┴─┐ │ │ ---━━━┷━┷==┷===┷=┷--┷━━━━━- * * * R.F.C. Ω * * * * || * * * * something we've all * * sorta wanted for awhile * * * =========================== # laŋ: babel # enc: utf-8 ffo█in┐ ┌──liʃ # for: みんな u█cat█g┐ │201├┤ # why: to break out of the sandbox├of└genre # toward the end of obtaining│a state of # total linguistic freedom, (│or rather) # to put it more simply, to rebuild the # tower of babel && overthrow│the current # totalitarian english(-ish) │restrictions & # to therefore obtain now & for posterity mor # tolerable forms of symbolic│expression by█e # ┌together█he─l█rar██tus q██@la███tai┌i┌──t█ # ├toppling█t██ite█y sta██uo &█st(at│n┘ng█h██ # │││ └─┘ ██└┤ob)████e(es┐ # │││ ┌t gnisirpmoc (s)egelivirp detalac─┘ # │││ └he execution of arbitrary prose.) # │└│───────────────┐ │┌┘ │ ││ ┌┼┐ SALIRE│_initium │││ │ New─firelang┐ │ ├gnalerif─weИ │ └72345610─89┘ _initium: Firelang is a specification for a new universal language-independent system of prose deployable in any field & any language toward any end goal much like mathematics the entire system is defined by one law: syntax and semantics are the slaves of pragmatics that is: the meaning of symbols & grammar & punctuation & style are fundamentally under control of the writer, and s/he may define & explore wh(at|ich)ever (conv|ext)entions s/he desires in the service of better expressiŋ whatever thoughts (|whatever) s/he wants to express, this state of┤law├less freedom having been singled out as the proper overall meta-system for our present && future writings on the basis of that fundamental axiom...f uck the polic┘ hah, 和 ok he re └┐ れ we go 의 　　 a ┃ あ 語 言語 ready set 語 　　│ The remainder of the document aims to explain the system, ways in which it can be used, and its end goal of facilitating the further development of a | rather (y|)our new recently-risen unbabeled Uni versal Cult{ure,} of Humanity, examples to follow Character set: Unicode ( all of it ( that was easy ( next ( )))) Syntax: Programmable. Semantics: Ibid. Phonetics: 同上. Language: any human language, natural | artificial, including but not limited to mathematics, english, x86 assembly, 中文, 日本語, 한국어, 0┌─form│al logic, (ANSI/GNU/&c) C, crude && 1│ other unspeakable slang, syntax borrowed 2├─from {,the\ s}hell\ \| w/ev爾爾兒want二use, 3└(0213)s of xprssn w/ adbjads & #s, hatespe²ch, lovespe²ch, (un?)pretentious poetry(as│s┐ uming that's possible (which it may ││&m┤ ay not be)), footnotes, headnotes, sub<─┘ routine\ {calls\ and,colloquialisms},┣┫y┃ informal (turns of,)phrase(,s) widely┣┫o┃ in use in everyday life but presently┣┫u┃ prohibited in the old-world academia ┣┫↓┃ in the tower of ivory &│ any other means┃ of symbolic expression,│spoken │ unspoken, fictional or non, deploy(able│ed) toward┃ the end of whatever You happen to be┃it┘!) trying to do, cuz if we're gonna s╱pend╱!╱┐ such a large frac(of)our li(ves│fe) fuck!ng┐ writing then goddammit I wanna hear *You* b/c you've got so much more interesting shit│in│you┐ head than you've ever been allowed to express│r┘ in the old academia &| the old writing systems; i know you all do bc those └┼┘ └┴┼┴┼┴┘ └┴┼┴┼┴┤ ┌─┐ were 千s of 年s 古 & they had│rules You/We├─├(┤n│o│un) couldn't change so fuck all that nonsense┴─┘ │ └r┘ 　(enough是,)enough(,of this 是t), the(o│non-)─ld™─┴─LD™┐ 　　god(s) 是 dead let's start writing│, it's─────┴───────┤ f(inally+ucking+un) │3.└──osoi──遅い. slow again goddammit │ e.g., old style amen. │ 　(語)　writing.│ ├──────┤ ├────┬─┬───┤ │1. lan│g│uage│ ├┐ │ │2. re │o├────┘┌┤│ │ │ ad └┬┘ ┌┤││ w ├────y─set───(noun)─e │ │ │ │ │ s───3───N─e─w─┘ │ │ │ │ │ n───1───H─u─m─a─n┘ │ │ │ h───2───S─c─h─o─o─l─┘ (Or: how our species re(thought|wrote|wrought) the rules 為 writing post-[the recent post-apocalypse] leading 二 a new un(cultured + iversal) human cult ure which (like, just for now) let's call babel.) ``` The document[^1] ends here. [^1]: Or whatever that was.