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minus-square@amuck1924@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•7 months agoI can confidently tell you that no one who actually knows Latin would ever say French is “Latin with fancy rules.”
minus-square@sus@programming.devlinkfedilink0•edit-27 months ago…which ironically makes for a perfect parallel with “C/C++”
minus-square@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•7 months agoI just have some high school Latin from long ago, but if you parse “fancy” as “ornamental at the expense of utility”, then I think it’s a fair description.
minus-square@amuck1924@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•7 months agoThat’s a good point. I parsed “fancy” as “more intricate” and was immediately affronted ;) I like your take on it.
I can confidently tell you that no one who actually knows Latin would ever say French is “Latin with fancy rules.”
…which ironically makes for a perfect parallel with “C/C++”
C++ is pig latin
I just have some high school Latin from long ago, but if you parse “fancy” as “ornamental at the expense of utility”, then I think it’s a fair description.
That’s a good point. I parsed “fancy” as “more intricate” and was immediately affronted ;) I like your take on it.