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Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by rugatelstvo »

hk__2 wrote: post #8
monochromatic wrote: post #6

I'm having trouble thinking of a less googleable name for a programming language.

There are a lot of them, e.g: B, C, D, E, R, Go, Io.

Also my favorites Verbose(Java has nothing on it) and Intolerant("A language that wipes the user's hard drive if an error occurs").

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by stagger87 »

hk__2 wrote: post #8
monochromatic wrote: post #6

I'm having trouble thinking of a less googleable name for a programming language.

There are a lot of them, e.g: B, C, D, E, R, Go, Io.

C, D, R, and Go are the first links presented in Google search results searching simply on their name.

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by monochromatic »

hk__2 wrote: post #8
monochromatic wrote: post #6

I'm having trouble thinking of a less googleable name for a programming language.

There are a lot of them, e.g: B, C, D, E, R, Go, Io.

Go I will give you, and maybe Io. But I actually think "None" is worse than any of your other examples.

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by Profan »

XCSme wrote: post #10

I really couldn't go past the title "The Best Programming Language is None". Either the wiki isn't taking the language seriously or someone is really over confident. Who knows, it may be, but stating that when almost no one uses the language is certainly not the way to go.

I'm pretty sure it's a self-depreciative joke, in a "the best programming is no programming" kind of way, or at least that's how I saw it.

Just take it for what it is, don't get stuck on the details.

That said, as someone who really liked the idea of Terra and enjoys Scheme (but hasn't applied it to games yet), this is exciting.

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by dalke »

monochromatic wrote: post #6

I'm having trouble thinking of a less googleable name for a programming language.

The SQL-style query language called "ENGLISH" used for the Pick operating system by Microdata Corporation.

One conjecture I read was the name was chosen so sales could say "your users can query the database in ENGLISH".

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by StevePerkins »

monochromatic wrote: post #6

I'm having trouble thinking of a less googleable name for a programming language.

I think that award goes to "S" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(programming_language)]. If you add a "-lang" suffix (the traditional fix for a poorly-named programming language), you just end up with "slang".

Re: The None Programming Language

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Post by oblio »

stagger87 wrote: post #13
hk__2 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of them, e.g: B, C, D, E, R, Go, Io.

C, D, R, and Go are the first links presented in Google search results searching simply on their name.

And do you know why?

1. Because Google already knows that you're a hacker (based on your search history and other info it has on you).

2. Because those are old and famous in their respective communities (ergo page rank and visibility).

3. Because there is actually content for them out there (so it actually has something to present).

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