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It's talking about different families of programming languages, much like how we classify the different languages that people today speak[1]. I definitely got t

• nerpderp82 3y ago
  The reader shouldn't have to reverse engineer a document! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur- Jesus! I thought these navel gazing low effort language posts went out of favor in 2012. I know all of these languages and Forth isn't foundational for anything we currently use, maybe the JVM because it has a stack if you really try and torture the definition. It is just a collection of languages so the author can look smart. If they wanted to provide insight, they would demarcate how the semantics of computation are different from each of these languages. It doesn't even mention the power of Forth in being able to extend the language and runtime from within the language itself. I'll see myself out.
  • tokai 3y ago
    Looking up words you don't know =/= Reverse engineering
    • nerpderp82 3y ago
      It is prefix from German, given with zero explanation. The article had no thesis other than, "languages people should know about", sorta. The prefix isn't even used properly.
      • adastra22 3y ago
        It is part of the English language. More commonly used in academic vernacular.
      • Veen 3y ago
        It's difficult for writers to account for every ill-educated whiner who might read their work.
        • nerpderp82 3y ago
          > every ill-educated whiner an ill-educated whiner, and uncalled for.