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I was so confused by the word factorial in the first example for a language, but decided to click it and just see what it means Turns out, Futhark != https://e

by lucb1e 5mo ago

I was so confused by the word factorial in the first example for a language, but decided to click it and just see what it means Turns out, Futhark != https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futhark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futhark (runes, old germanic alphabet) That's like calling your programming language Latin?! The title could use some disambiguation...

WJW 5mo ago
Eh. Words get overloaded all the time and this is a website focusing on programming after all. Would you consider "Python by example" or "C by example" to need disambiguation because they're not about snakes or about the third letter of the alphabet? Also the very first line on that page is "The Futhark Programming Language" so if you were still confused after that I think it's on you.
- lucb1e 5mo ago
  If Python were the language spoken in Fictionastan then yes, and C is indeed even more terrible than something like Golang but that predates the internet so it's pretty searchable after all > if you were still confused after that I think it's on you Generally the point of a title (if the domain name doesn't already do it) is to help you understand what it's about so you know whether to click. If it takes a click to read the explanation before you can know whether you're interested, all links on the HN homepage might as well have no string at all and just be "click here to find out what the link is about"
hnarn 5mo ago
> That's like calling your programming language Latin?! More accurately it would be like calling it Alphabet, since that takes its name from Alpha Beta (AB) just like the Futhark takes its name from the first letters in it.
pseudohadamard 5mo ago
It is a pretty confusing name. Personally I'm waiting for someone to name a programming language Womble. Underground, overground, you're free to use it as long as you work as a team and are tidy and clean.

by lucb1e 5mo ago

WJW 5mo ago

Eh. Words get overloaded all the time and this is a website focusing on programming after all. Would you consider "Python by example" or "C by example" to need disambiguation because they're not about snakes or about the third letter of the alphabet? Also the very first line on that page is "The Futhark Programming Language" so if you were still confused after that I think it's on you.

lucb1e 5mo ago
If Python were the language spoken in Fictionastan then yes, and C is indeed even more terrible than something like Golang but that predates the internet so it's pretty searchable after all > if you were still confused after that I think it's on you Generally the point of a title (if the domain name doesn't already do it) is to help you understand what it's about so you know whether to click. If it takes a click to read the explanation before you can know whether you're interested, all links on the HN homepage might as well have no string at all and just be "click here to find out what the link is about"

hnarn 5mo ago

> That's like calling your programming language Latin?! More accurately it would be like calling it Alphabet, since that takes its name from Alpha Beta (AB) just like the Futhark takes its name from the first letters in it.

pseudohadamard 5mo ago

It is a pretty confusing name. Personally I'm waiting for someone to name a programming language Womble. Underground, overground, you're free to use it as long as you work as a team and are tidy and clean.