• Snot Flickerman
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    Literally all of these languages are rooted in English.

    C: printf()

    C++: cout

    JavaScript: document.write() or window.print()

    Java: system.out.println()

    Python: print()

    Rust: print()

    Exactly zero of those reference a language other than English. I’m not even a linguist and this is just silly. It’s literally part of why English is becoming the dominant world language, because if you learn computer programming you basically have to learn English.

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        I mean, that’s fair. I get it, I just don’t really find it very funny.

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          From your comment, I’m not convinced you do get it. You wrote a lot of words completely beside the point of the joke, which is a series of analogies, not a statement about the natural languages involved in the creation of programming languages.

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            Yet somehow the top comment is basically saying what I’m saying. Interesting.

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              It’s not the same to continue with the joke and to completely miss the point and complain about it.

              The first is funny, the second is sad. I believe I had to clarify that for you