I think that’s right. In practice it just took time for memory to increase a bit and for statistical input methods to show up. Certainly actively bad writing systems delayed IT adoption.
In fact, famously, the underlying theory of the Fifth Generation Conputing Project was the belief that advanced intelligent machines were needed to provide a working word processor for Japanese.
No small amount of cultural supremacy was involved in that era, as well, now mostly forgotten.
In fact, famously, the underlying theory of the Fifth Generation Conputing Project was the belief that advanced intelligent machines were needed to provide a working word processor for Japanese.
No small amount of cultural supremacy was involved in that era, as well, now mostly forgotten.