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Bespoke: A programming language for people who say please

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Re: Bespoke: A programming language for people who say please

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Post by spinningslate »

rnzaou wrote: post #10

really good, i'm having a good laugh rn

Same here:

> Colour is the namespace for values of A Distinguished Colour. Color is evidence that the source has arrived without a proper education.

Laughed unreasonably hard at that. Been a less than pleasantly civilised day at work, this was the relief I didn’t know I needed.

Re: Bespoke: A programming language for people who say please

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Post by classified »

No wonder so much of our software is rubbish when we treat the compiler and the runtime environment with so much neglect. By disrespecting them, we alienate the entities we rely upon most. I foresee a huge surge in software quality once the Bespoke language goes mainstream.

Re: Bespoke: A programming language for people who say please

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Post by pixelpoet »

classified wrote: post #13

No wonder so much of our software is rubbish when we treat the compiler and the runtime environment with so much neglect. By disrespecting them, we alienate the entities we rely upon most. I foresee a huge surge in software quality once the Bespoke language goes mainstream.

Hear, hear! I should very much like to see the Linux kernel adopt Bespoke instead of that terribly uncouth Rust manner of speaking, like a mouth full of nails.

Re: Bespoke: A programming language for people who say please

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Post by vova_hn2 »

Somewhat related: "If PHP Were British" (2011) - https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

My favorite part:

  would_you_mind {
      // Code here
  } actually_i_do_mind (Exception £e) {
      // Politely move on
      cheerio('Message');
  }
Past HN discussions:

- May 28, 2019 - 46 comments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20029836

- Dec 2, 2022 - 366 comments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828509

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