The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by ScottWRobinson » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 12:10 PM UTC

The Shittiest Language I Ever Used
foreverscape.com

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by inetsee » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 1:59 PM UTC

The article is interesting enough, but the thing that amazed me was "The world's longest ongoing illustration": http://www.foreverscape.com/

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by comrade1 » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:07 PM UTC

Well, that was pretty much impossible to read and as far as I can tell had nothing to do with a bad language (other than the author's use of offensive words)...

I had a friend who around 1996/7 hacked together some shell scripts where he could send an email to himself and it would get automatically posted to his 'weblog'. It was very cool and he used it like people use twitter/facebook today.

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by sv_muppets_ » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:19 PM UTC

Shttiest? Hmm rust, no wait, go, no, js, no wait, lisp, actually haskell. Basically anything on the weekly HN hype machine...

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by jacquesm » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:37 PM UTC

That's all about the build environment, not at all about the language.

My personal nomination for the shittiest language I ever used is MUMPS.

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by errtnsd » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

From a beginner perspective build environment of C is pretty bad compared to modern alternatives. Especially if you want to switch platforms.

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by StavrosK » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:55 PM UTC

There is zero mention of a language there. The author is just complaining about the protocol used. What if they had used HTTP? I mean, what's the actual problem with using email? It sends data just fine, receives data just fine, the fact that the server was slow in compiling and would email you the build errors is frustrating, but hardly such a poor design choice. It probably saved them a bunch of time.

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by zamalek » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:57 PM UTC

Isn't that just a primitive form of SCM and CI? Sure, the implementation sucked but it was obviously decades before its time.

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by MisterMashable » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:57 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #5

That's all about the build environment, not at all about the language. My personal nomination for the shittiest language I ever used is MUMPS.

Hey, I knew a MUMPS programmer. Nice family guy too. Anyone would have guessed by appearances he was a car mechanic (dirty jeans, greasy hair etc.) and not a programmer. Not many MUMPS programmers out there, sound like anyone you know?

Re: The Shittiest Language I Ever Used

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Post by ThinkBeat » Sat, Jun 13, 2015, 2:58 PM UTC

The article would be a lot more interesting if it featured some examples of code and email responses.