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Re:Gliimly is a programming language for web services by j_bum on Saturday November 16, 2024 @12:43AM (#42154609)
Thanks for the sleuthing work.

And by “crank” do you mean a recluse? Or someone off of the grid?

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Re:Gliimly is a programming language for web services by koito17 on Saturday November 16, 2024 @03:21PM (#42158984)
The first definition in [0], that is:

  a person who has strange or unusual ideas and beliefs
[0] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crank
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Re:Gliimly is a programming language for web services by duskwuff on Saturday November 16, 2024 @07:47PM (#42160972)
Another term for it would be "fringe science". The paper is an amusing thought experiment based on some baseless assumptions; it would be foolish to assume that it describes any kind of physical reality.
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