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Falsehoods programmers believe about languages (www.lexiconista.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one about languages yet (except one honorable mention that comes close). So, here’s my attempt to list all the misconceptions and prejudices I’ve come across in the course of my long and illustrious career in software localisation and language technology. Enjoy – and send me your own ones!

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago

@cgtjsiwy sorry, was a bit simplistic there. Finish is instead an example of a language where while there _is_ a word for "logical" no that's not the usual way to answer yes/no questions.

If we're being pedantic this means it's not similar to Swedish "nej" for most uses of the latter.

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