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submitted 3 months ago by dessalines@lemmy.ml to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Mad_Punda@feddit.org 104 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I suspect there’s more people who speak Python fluently than Esperanto. So that comparison sits very wrong with me. The rest was funny :)

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Esperanto always struck me as more perl-like with each part of speech having its own suffix like perl has $ for scalars, @ for arrays, and % for hashes. Though perl is probably more like a bunch of pidgins...

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I was about to say.

Perl 5 is like Esperanto: borrowed neat features from many languages, somehow kinda vaguely making a bit of sense. Enjoyed some popularity back in the day but is kind of niche nowadays.

PHP is like Volapük: same deal, but without the linguistic competence and failing miserably at being consistent.

Raku (Perl 6) is like Esperanto reformation efforts: Noble and interesting scholarly pursuits, with dozens of fans around the multiverse.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Esperanto's equivalent would probably be Haskell.

Python is probably more like Spanish. Very easy basics, but then people from different regions of where it's has spread out barely understand each other

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 3 months ago

It's probably a similar learning speed

[–] refalo@programming.dev -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody mentioned number of speakers though

[–] Mad_Punda@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago

No, but the adoption rate is likely related to how useful the language is?