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I want a programming language that supports German style composite words (lemmy.world)
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[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

At least the names are extremely self-documenting. Some of those German variable names are long enough they might even be self-aware!

[–] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Except, i once encountered the variable HIVZwerg in an abandoned python script I had to maintain and it made me laugh with its absurdity.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Some German words are self-aware