merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 10 days agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: ichhassees@feddit.orgich_iel@feddit.org
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldmerari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 10 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: ichhassees@feddit.orgich_iel@feddit.org
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days 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-29 days agoMaking fun of people has more “stank” in English (not a hard fact, just my opinion).
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days ago* Yiddish has entered the conversation
minus-squareRusty Shackleford@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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.