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		defyonce on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2... 10/10 but the difference is obvious, you just have to look into their eyes. PL designers are a bit weird and not of this world. Serial killers have this spark in their eyes that is really difficult to hide.

thombat on Sept 15, 2023 [–]

Both know where they hid the bodies, but for the designers it's a metaphor for the parts of the language they wish had come out better whereas for the killers it's a source of glee that they outsmarted the police.

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