mcc
Programming languages that practice the doctrine of Anattā: C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, PHP
Programming languages that do not practice the doctrine of Anattā: Lua, Ruby, Objective-C, OCaml, Swift, Rust
Programming languages which are ambiguous with respect to the doctrine of Anattā: Python
mcc
Programming languages which believe nothing, nothing at all: PHP
mcc
In some Buddhist traditions, it is held that Mucalinda, a snake-like creature, protected the Gautama Buddha from the elements as he sat under the Bodhi Tree following his attainment of enlightenment. What connection this has to the Python programming language is unclear.
mcc
Update: I have had to edit the top post here because I have just been informed that PHP has *both `this` and also `self`*. Every time I think I understand the depths of depravity in which PHP wallows new abyssi are revealed to me
ocdtrekkie
@mcc My prevailing theory when writing PHP is that if I think a pattern should work, it probably does, somehow.
mcc
@ocdtrekkie This works for me with Perl but because it works for me with Perl it does not work with PHP or Ruby and so I cannot write those languages.
mcc
@thgs You WHAT
*Checks Google*
Oh no. Oh NO
thgs
but we do have "self" in PHP
mcc
@thgs Yeah ^_^
thgs
@mcc is it because of "self" keyword ?
thgs
I honestly find this classification so interesting. I do fail to understand how PHP is practicing the doctrine of Anattā (which I just learned about).
Update: Not just PHP, I fail to understand how you actually separate them all.
thgs
it goes usually, but not always next to the legendary "Paamayim Nekudotayim" operator.
Example:
self::hello('world')
mcc
@glyph Well then let me tell you you are going to *love* C++
Glyph
@mcc if there’s one thing I *demand* in my programming languages it is ambiguity with respect to doctrine
Glyph
@mcc I want chaotic good not neutral evil
lambdageek
@mcc now do CLOS
mcc
@lambdageek CLOS has already achieved Nirvana
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