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Re:Project for bringing macros to Scala by michaelcampbell on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @02:26PM (#3216987)
Well said. I'm reminded of the pg's Blub paradox, and Rich Hickey's recent quote, "I can't read German; does that make it unreadable?" both at the same time.
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Re:Project for bringing macros to Scala by bborud on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @04:48PM (#3217594)
I think a better analogy is struggling to understand odd (spoken) english dialects: yes, they are speaking english, but not the variant(s) you know.
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