Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed?
by evancox100 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:28PM
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Hilarious...
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Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed?
by merlincorey on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:47PM
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The opening block with `:` and ending block with `}` literally killed me.
My condolences to your family and friends.
If Roger Zelazny weren’t literally dead, he’d literally be rolling over in his grave for your use of the word literally.
figuratively
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed?
by Stratoscope on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:33PM
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A relevant and rather entertaining article from Merriam-Webster:
Did We Change the Definition of 'Literally'?
Literally every modern dictionary includes this definition
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/misuse-of-lite...
My favorite bit: "If you dislike hearing other people use it, you may continue to be upset."
So you're (literally?) using "it figuratively killed me" as a figure of speech? For real?
Characterally.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed?
by singingfish on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:02AM
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people who use literally to mean figuratively literally give me the shits.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed?
by bryanrasmussen on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:32PM
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brutally
i either missed the joke or missed the perl6 spec about :} notation. can you explain?