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Re: Hacker Language (was Re: Language comparison)

From:Sai Emrys <saizai@...>
Date:Friday, January 7, 2005, 3:01
> I disagree. One of the most important parts of the definition of > "hacker" is the sharing of information (not necessarily to the extreme > of Stallman). Some people don't share, but they (probably) shouldn't > be called hackers. See: > http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/H/hacker-ethic.html (and also: > http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/H/hacker.html )
Ditto. Though hackers, IME, tend to be a bit uppity about the level of experience they're willing to communicate with as a minimum standard, which can have the same effect as not wanting to share.
> You're worried about *vocabulary*?! Surely the interesting thing will > be the *grammar*.
With you again.
> * recursive lists - LISP > * subobjects - C++ / Inform
Aren't all grammars recursive?
> * references - sed/MIXAL > * regexen - UN*X > * simple repeating of pieces with substitutions: "And then the same > with foo in the position marked '2'"
Pronouns on crack!
> * the position/time system - General Relativity
Like done in e.g. Ithkuil?
> * packets (including attitudinals & metadata) - TCP/IP
Similar to Laadan for some things, though hopefully would include even more...
> * returnants - comma from C; semicolon (?) from Smalltalk > * set theory > * currying > * lambda expressions (replace some "illogical" features of English) - > lambda calculus
... huh? - Sai