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mulikoppel.blogspot.com — An analysis of four language creators

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  • treehead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Insightful and illuminating.

    "Because languages are far more than just tools; they are the operating systems of our thoughts, with each language forcing a different view of the world and allowing different thought processes to take place."

    "Any language creator should be rightly viewed as a sociologist or as a philosopher, aspiring at the creation of a different world to live in. As potential residents of this new world, we must be aware of its credo."

    How often do we view programming languages as exactly that--languages--and furthermore, treat their creators as progenitors of a culture of thought? Fascinating.
  • fat0ninja, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0A very interesting answer to the obvious question (about treating Rails as a language) is given in the comments: "RoR positions itself as a world apart, with its own motivation and ideology. From that perspective, it’s a language.And that creates many interesting tensions between the Ruby and the RoR worlds, as they go in opposite directions ..."

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