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If Programming Languages Could Speak

Posted by michael on from the if-C++-screams-in-the-forest,-does-it-make-a-sound dept.

HealYourChurchWebSit writes "BurningBird's "The Parable of the Languages" offers a delightfully playful answer to the the question, "[what] if programming languages could speak, really speak, not just crunch bytes and stream bits, they would have much to say that is both wise and profound.""

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  1. "Stop Anthropomorphizing Me" by drhairston · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Stop Anthropomorphizing Me. Instead, go outside and play".

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    Dr. Joseph Hairston
    Superintendent, CCBC
  2. They were a little harsh on LISP. by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LISP is the language that discovers there is no spoon, and learns to bend itself. In so doing, it becomes master of them all.

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    N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!
  3. The God is missing... by dargaud · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Halfway through I could imagine Assembler showing up with long blond hair, a torque, a hammer and lightning strikes...

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    Non-Linux Penguins ?
  4. Re:If assembler could speak... by PhxBlue · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having worked with SQL for too damned long, I'd have to say, no - SQL isn't a programming language. It's a query language: a language which provides for databases what programming languages provide for normal systems. More specifically, it's a Structured Query Language. . . as if an unstructured query language would do anyone a whole lot of good.

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    !#@%*)anks for hanging up the phone, dear.