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This article is not "On Programming Languages", it's "On the Use of English in Software Development". Has anybody coined the term "linkbait-and-switch" yet? I
by georgeorwell 14y ago
This article is not "On Programming Languages", it's "On the Use of English in Software Development". Has anybody coined the term "linkbait-and-switch" yet? I'm not against the inclusivity proposed, I just don't like the overloading of the term "programming language" here. Grumble grumble.
- raganwald 14y agoThe author is the cad responsible for this flagrant violation of blog title ethics: https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/12/jargon.md https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2011/12/...
- georgeorwell 14y agoIt's okay, you can atone by writing a survey of programming languages and using the title "On the Use of English in Software Development".
- raganwald 14y agoThere's always this language-neutral programming language: https://leanpub.com/piet https://leanpub.com/piet. Then again, some would consider it Dutch Modern...
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- raganwald 14y agoHave another look at the post.