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Re:LFortran Compiles Fpm by pmcgoron on Monday March 02, 2026 @05:42PM (#47225242)
If you want to peer into an alternative reality / funhouse mirror of programming terms, you should look at ALGOL 68. For instance, types are called "modes".

https://jemarch.net/a68-jargon/

(There are also "incestuous unions", which is the actual term used in the spec.)

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Re:LFortran Compiles Fpm by Onavo on Monday March 02, 2026 @08:23PM (#47226685)
From the docs, an incestuous union is the equivalent of a packed union in C? Well, you gotta be packing' to be incestuous :D
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Re:LFortran Compiles Fpm by nxobject on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:12PM (#47227936)
Huh - R has a concept of “mode” that overlaps and complements “type”… but then again R also a very funhouse mix of terminology.

https://rstudio.github.io/r-manuals/r-lang/Objects.html#inde...

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