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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by plorkyeran on Friday September 06, 2024 @11:14AM (#41466942)
Expanding this abbreviation conveys zero information. It’s a programming language named ML, and if you haven’t heard of it then giving the etymology of the name isn’t going to help.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by duckmysick on Friday September 06, 2024 @05:56PM (#41470011)
It clarifies it's not something else I've heard of (markup language, machine learning). The ML abbreviation shares the space with other terms so it can be confusing. Compare it to HTML which is 1) more popular and 2) unique in the context of programming.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by jamwil on Saturday September 07, 2024 @02:54AM (#41472043)
Huh? If I search ‘Meta Language’ I get the exact information I need. If I search ‘ML’ I get less than nothing.
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Re:Swift is a more convenient Rust by juneyi on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @08:13AM (#41510596)
> Expanding this abbreviation conveys zero information. It’s a programming language named ML, and if you haven’t heard of it then giving the etymology of the name isn’t going to help.

Honestly kind of shocked to see this type of mentality...wow.

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