merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 months agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1imageI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldmerari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 8 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoHad the world settled on German, someone might be making a similar argument that the world dodged a bullet by choosing a language with phonetic orthography and words composed of logical building blocks rather than a mess like English
minus-squareRusty Shackleford@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoMaking fun of people has more “stank” in English (not a hard fact, just my opinion).
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago* Yiddish has entered the conversation
minus-squareRusty Shackleford@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIs Yiddish basically Hebrew + Street/Slang German? I guess I could look it up, but I thought I’d just ask.
Had the world settled on German, someone might be making a similar argument that the world dodged a bullet by choosing a language with phonetic orthography and words composed of logical building blocks rather than a mess like English
Making fun of people has more “stank” in English (not a hard fact, just my opinion).
* Yiddish has entered the conversation
Is Yiddish basically Hebrew + Street/Slang German? I guess I could look it up, but I thought I’d just ask.