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It seems messy and even the author of TFA is unconvinced.

How does a mixin compare to role or interface in languages that do not have multiple inheritance?

Language is a powerful human talent. It's reasonable to assume that there have been many variants of writing systems throughout human evolution.

However, such systems would need to be widely adopted and durably preserved to survive millennia and eventually be rediscovered.

Which is how we happen to know the precious little that we do know about past writing systems.

To put it in Roddenberrian terms (where the Federation Finance Department was never discussed), it's as though the heroic Captain of the Enterprise is ordering the Chief Engineer to replace the propulsion system because its emissions are fouling the Life Support System with toxins.

"Mister, we need to protect of the lives of the crew and sustain the mission!"

"Ah, nyet Captain, I am safe down here so far, maybe we replace you instead."