I read such a quote from [Chapter 1: Building Abstractions with Functions](http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs61a/sp12/book/functions.html)

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> "A language isn't something you learn so much as something you join."
>  ~Arika Okrent
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Honestly , I have little idea what the quote are talking about. Surely it' not that you should learn a language by joining in it society.