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'Immer' is just German for 'always' or 'eternal'. So giving that name to your library of persistent and immutable data structures is a fairly natural thing to
by eru 11mo ago
'Immer' is just German for 'always' or 'eternal'. So giving that name to your library of persistent and immutable data structures is a fairly natural thing to do, without them having anything more in common than that.
(Of course, they might have more in common, I don't know.)
- MeteorMarc 11mo agoImmer is also a dutch word, with the same meaning as in german.
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- Hendrikto 11mo agoI would never translate “eternal” to “immer”, but rather “ewig”. “Always” is the corrent translation, imo.
- eru 11mo agoSure, though 'never' is a bit of a strong statement. It depends on context and what's idiomatic. An example: DE: Er schwor, ihr auf immer treu zu sein. EN: He swore to be eternally faithful to her.
- Hendrikto 10mo agoTrue, that works, but I still think “Er schwor, ihr ewig treu zu sein.” is the more natural translation.