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i think “disaster” is hyperbole. my brain thinks in concert with sql so it feels natural, though i will concede that the parsing/syntax order differences was an

i think “disaster” is hyperbole. my brain thinks in concert with sql so it feels natural, though i will concede that the parsing/syntax order differences was an odd choice. programmers and language users all have a mental translation layers that they use to go from conceptual->concrete using the syntax and idioms of their language of choice. javascript doesn’t make sense in a lot of ways. calling it a disaster is hyperbole. go doesn’t make sense in a lot of ways. it’s not a disaster. unfamiliarity or disagreement with choices does not necessarily mean it’s a disaster the only language with which i’m familiar that is a complete, unmitigated disaster is the english language, but i suppose that’s outside of the scope of this conversation

runlaszlorun 3y ago
> the only language with which i’m familiar that is a complete, unmitigated disaster is the english language Out of curiosity, are you a native speaker of english or did you learn it as a second language? I’m a native speaker and feel sorry for anyone who has to learn all its irregularities, etc. But the few times I’ve mentioned this to anyone who had to learn as a second language, they’d correct me and tell it was easy. Which baffled me. Obviously as a native speaker, I’m in no place to judge it.
- rqmedes 3y ago
  SQL syntax seems how humans communicate to me. Can you pass me that cup from the cupboard
  - alexvoda 3y ago
    SQL syntax is only on the surface level similar to natural language. Besides, if we actually considered similarity to English to be an important criteria for a programming language, we would all still be using Cobol.
  - lIIllIIllIIllII 3y ago
    this totally depends on which language the human speaks. Chinese grammar is kind of like backwards English grammar.
- swasheck 3y ago
  native english speaker. learned german (fluent) and italian (conversational). english is an insane amalgamation which may be why it’s become near lingua franca

runlaszlorun 3y ago

> the only language with which i’m familiar that is a complete, unmitigated disaster is the english language Out of curiosity, are you a native speaker of english or did you learn it as a second language? I’m a native speaker and feel sorry for anyone who has to learn all its irregularities, etc. But the few times I’ve mentioned this to anyone who had to learn as a second language, they’d correct me and tell it was easy. Which baffled me. Obviously as a native speaker, I’m in no place to judge it.

rqmedes 3y ago
SQL syntax seems how humans communicate to me. Can you pass me that cup from the cupboard
- alexvoda 3y ago
  SQL syntax is only on the surface level similar to natural language. Besides, if we actually considered similarity to English to be an important criteria for a programming language, we would all still be using Cobol.
- lIIllIIllIIllII 3y ago
  this totally depends on which language the human speaks. Chinese grammar is kind of like backwards English grammar.
swasheck 3y ago
native english speaker. learned german (fluent) and italian (conversational). english is an insane amalgamation which may be why it’s become near lingua franca