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minus-squareamuck1924@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI can confidently tell you that no one who actually knows Latin would ever say French is “Latin with fancy rules.”
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months ago…which ironically makes for a perfect parallel with “C/C++”
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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-squareamuck1924@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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.