Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transparent

Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by calloc on Thursday August 25, 2011 @03:49PM (#2926149)

Opa translated from Dutch to English means Grandpa ...

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by hernan7 on Thursday August 25, 2011 @04:00PM (#2926195)

Opa is Argentinian slang for "retarded" :-(

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by reinhardt on Thursday August 25, 2011 @05:54PM (#2926590)

Also a greek exclamation common in songs, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmeCC53FKes

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by simcop2387 on Thursday August 25, 2011 @04:42PM (#2926356)

It apparently means Ulcer in "Lithuanian". http://translate.google.com/#lt|en|Opa

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by julius on Thursday August 25, 2011 @04:03PM (#2926206)

Also grandpa in german.

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by Yoric on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:27AM (#2936319)

Just in case anybody wonders: roughly half of the Opa team speaks German, at least one speaks Argentinian Spanish, at least one speaks Greek. So, yeah, we are aware of most of the puns.

Guess what? We like them :)

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by crazygringo on Thursday August 25, 2011 @04:03PM (#2926205)

Opa translated from Portuguese to English means wow, or whoops ...

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by mortain on Thursday August 25, 2011 @05:23PM (#2926498)

Opa! ... lol

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by zzzmarcus on Thursday August 25, 2011 @06:50PM (#2926707)

Same in Mexican Spanish.

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Re:Opa: A new language aiming to make web programming transp... by onedognight on Thursday August 25, 2011 @11:45PM (#2927309)

It means "older brother" in Korean.

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