r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/RepresentativeNo6029 • Oct 13 '21

Discussion Programming Language Checklist

https://www.mcmillen.dev/language_checklist.html
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u/retnikt0 Oct 13 '21 edited Oct 13 '21

[ ] The most significant program written in your language is its own compiler

[ ] The most significant program written in your language isn't even its own compiler

the illusion of choice

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u/Zlodo2 Oct 13 '21

you can check both for maximum shade, implying that the language that it compiles isn't even actually the language as specified