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I've noticed this as well. Why is PL so punny? Related question: are there other interesting quirks of various CS subfields?

• harryjo 12y ago
  Because they are language professionals, who enjoy studying languages and packing as much power as they can into a language -- computer or human.
  • long 12y ago
    In my experience, linguists are not terribly punny, though -- what accounts for this difference? (FWIW, my first-hand experience has mainly been with psycholinguists and functional programming folks)
    • taejo 12y ago
      Linguists are language analysts whereas programming language people are language creators; perhaps this explains why the later create more wordplay?
• krylon 12y ago
  I am not sure if this applies, but in my experience, presenting a dry, more or less theoretical subject matter in a humorous way makes it substantially easier for me to stay focused. Also, as somebody else already said, if you are designing languages professionally, you probably get to appreciate puns on a whole new level.