• Snot FlickermanEnglish
    -42•2 months ago

    Literally all of these languages are rooted in English.

    C: printf()

    C++: cout

    JavaScript: document.write() or window.print()

    Java: system.out.println()

    Python: print()

    Rust: print()

    Exactly zero of those reference a language other than English. I’m not even a linguist and this is just silly. It’s literally part of why English is becoming the dominant world language, because if you learn computer programming you basically have to learn English.

    • @dustyData
      64•2 months ago

      Humor comes fast to you, but you’re obviously faster.

      • Snot FlickermanEnglish
        -4•2 months ago

        I mean, that’s fair. I get it, I just don’t really find it very funny.

        • @[email protected]
          8•2 months ago

          From your comment, I’m not convinced you do get it. You wrote a lot of words completely beside the point of the joke, which is a series of analogies, not a statement about the natural languages involved in the creation of programming languages.

          • Snot FlickermanEnglish
            -9•2 months ago

            Yet somehow the top comment is basically saying what I’m saying. Interesting.

            • @[email protected]
              9•2 months ago

              It’s not the same to continue with the joke and to completely miss the point and complain about it.

              The first is funny, the second is sad. I believe I had to clarify that for you

            • @[email protected]
              3•2 months ago

              This comment? https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1239473/-/comment/7462582

              I honestly do not understand what similarity you see between “this post seems like it will make linguists angry” and “the languages in this joke actually use English keywords and standard library names.” The post isn’t even about keywords and names.