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Well… I believe it was James Gosling who said that there are two types of computer languages: “ones people complain about and ones nobody uses”. So if you’re complaining about Brainfuck then it must be a language people use by process of elimination ; )


Stroustrup, not Gosling. And I like your logic. :)


This presumes that "ones people complain about" and "ones nobody uses" are mutually exclusive - and I'm reasonably sure that Brainfuck is clear evidence against such mutual exclusivity ;)




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