Re:What do people mean when they say “transpiler”?
by hanbura on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:46AM
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I have prescriptivist tendencies, but I agree that "It has to be that way because it's always been that way" is a stupid argument.
I'm simply of the opinion that language that leads to misunderstanding is bad. That's why I correct anyone who I suspect to use the word "literally" for the opposite of its meaning, and why I use Oxford commas.
I also like when the meaning of a sentence is inferable by only knowing the words and simple grammar rules. That's why I hate "could of" or "I could care less".
I will also roll my eyes if you ask me to use double spaces after a period. That rule was born from a technical limitation that's long gone.
In essence I think that conserving ancient rules and meanings is just one branch of prescriptivism, and it's unfair to judge everything prescriptivist based on that one radical branch.
I'm simply of the opinion that language that leads to misunderstanding is bad. That's why I correct anyone who I suspect to use the word "literally" for the opposite of its meaning, and why I use Oxford commas.
I also like when the meaning of a sentence is inferable by only knowing the words and simple grammar rules. That's why I hate "could of" or "I could care less".
I will also roll my eyes if you ask me to use double spaces after a period. That rule was born from a technical limitation that's long gone.
In essence I think that conserving ancient rules and meanings is just one branch of prescriptivism, and it's unfair to judge everything prescriptivist based on that one radical branch.