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One distinction I saw when finally getting into writing: Pieces written in a programming language are full of proper nouns (variables names) and proper verbs (
by k__ 3y ago
One distinction I saw when finally getting into writing:
Pieces written in a programming language are full of proper nouns (variables names) and proper verbs (function names).
Pieces written in English get pretty far without introducing new identifiers all the time.
- ptx 3y agoMaybe because pronouns act as implicit identifiers? Kotlin goes a little way towards that by letting you use "it" to refer to the first parameter of a lambda (which are used extensively) without having to introduce a new noun.
- k__ 3y agoGood point. There are natural languages without pronouns too, or at least it's seen as rude to use them like in Japanese.