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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. 'Java was too busy trying...' by rhyd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Java was too busy trying to clean a bag out of Babbling Creek.

    it was garbage collecting... ho ho

    --
    'Be the change you want to see in the world' - Al Gore
  2. Karma whore alert by RockyJSquirel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Searched a few, made up a few

    Smalltalk love ifTrue: [ car honk ]

    love(x) :- Prolog(x) , honking(car);

    SELECT honk FROM TABLE you WHERE love = SQL;

    (and (love you lisp) (honk))

    $Love{PERL} = "You" if ($Honk);

    if {[HEART $env(USER)] == {tcl}} {button .h -text honk ; pack .h}

    And finally the impossible to understand, C++ runtime template version:

    template
    class You
    {
    static bool honking = false;
    };

    template
    class You
    {
    static bool honking = true;
    };

    Rocky J. Squirrel