Has anyone ever tried to lay out a minimal standard for English spelling and communication? That sounds like an interesting idea to me, and it's also kind of funny that almost anyone who has a violent dislike for Java's verbosity would also violently resist the suggestion to make their written communication more efficient.
I do get that, but efficiency of _typing_ can be rather directly measured in characters.
I also get the point that part of the reason we (as a species) make language difficult is as a signaling mechanism: we can quickly identify people who aren't able to use it correctly (even if we understand precisely what they mean.)
