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xigoi
10 months ago
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YAML: The Norway Problem (2022)
“yes” and “no” are “unfamiliar terms”? What the fuck? Everyone who knows even the basics of English knows what these words mean.
umanwizard
10 months ago
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They are familiar as English words, yes, but unfamiliar as terms of art for Boolean values in computing. It’d be like replacing “if” statements with “whenever” statements.
mckn1ght
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Don’t give them any ideas! They already tried to make inroads with ruby’s “unless”.
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