Comment on Anon is a linguist

• Tetragrade@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do you tell a dog to walk? “Dog, walks!” or “Dog, walk!”

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  • alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i’m not telling the dog to walk, i’m describing it walking

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Python is an imperative language.

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      • alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        which was a mistake

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But the dog can fail to walk before he ever walked, so you’re not describing him walking, you’re telling him to start walking.

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    • fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Python is not a descriptive language, it’s a commands based language.

      Go do functional programming if you want to describe instead of command.

      Transpiling python and describing stuff when actually you are commanding is overly backwards and stupid, but I’d not expect anything else from a 4chan post. XD

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• Camille_Jamal@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Elaborate?

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