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by sswaner 2405 days ago
Not satire. I have a copy on my desk at work and used it within the last month to explain truth tables (section 4.31) to a developer.

Try looking at it again through the lens of designing a domain specific language. It forms a robust framework for rigid and controlled communications or interactions.

The reason it was supplanted by Philosophical Investigations is that it was overly strict in defining the logical foundations of language and meaning.