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joke programming language design by polarkitten2004-07-12 02:31:33
  why is by dennismv2004-07-12 03:14:02
    It ain't English by scissors 2004-07-12 05:21:21
Word ordering is different in French, so it maybe a french concept. Didn't check location of Polarkitten, but I guess (s)he isn't in an "english" locale.
Examples: NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Spells NATO in most western european (and northern american) places, but is spelled OTAN in Brussels and Paris (Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord) ... literally backwards. Same thing here in elevators: you find the floors noted as 22, 21, 20 .... 3, 2, 1 REZ
And REZ = ZERo in fact, but THEY say REZ-de-chaussée or ground floor)

So why not (: 'Your socks smell' LOL Smellysocks FUN ;) ...
First lesson in Latin, for 12-year-olds so certainly FYOS:
"The master of the house is Lucas" was spelled "Lucas domus magister est" ... these French people had predecessors: word order is purely based on cultural context, and in programming languages the designer invents the whole context: cultural, semantic, structural, architectural ...
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      Or it could be aquired from FORTH by Spudd862004-07-12 10:11:44
      It's Yoda in a chat room (n/t) by polarkitten2004-07-12 10:12:14

 

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