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by socmag 3341 days ago
No, those would require domain specific knowledge.

But at least inside the Linux kernel everyone is talking the equivalent of English.

Understanding English does not imply you will be able to jump into any random scientific paper with 45 years of background theory and immediately understand it either.

Being able to understand the grammar and sentence structure really helps, even if you don't understand the vocabulary or technical principles of the domain you are reading.

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