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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".

    --
    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.

    --
    N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!