Foone🏳️‍⚧️

my programming language hot take is that python-inspired languages shouldn't be named after snakes (eg cobra/boa/serp*nt).

Python is named after Monty Python. Python-inspired programming langues should be named after British sketch comedy shows, damn it!

Jul 27 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadFoone🏳️‍⚧️Jul 27
I'm currently working on rewriting Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? in FastShow.
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Back in college I worked on an image searching system written in LittleBritain
Show threadMelody HeadroomJul 27
@foone i honestly prefer to write in fry and laurie
Show threadFoone🏳️‍⚧️Jul 27
@silly 32bits of fry and laurie or have you upgraded to 64 bits of fry and laurie?
Show threadMelody HeadroomJul 27
@foone damn it how did i miss that
Show threadthere is beauty in simplicityJul 27
@silly @foone fry and laurie is good, but have you tried Mitchell and Webb? Bit more modern.
Show threadBee O'Problem Jul 27
@kinsale42 @silly @foone is that show the "Are we the baddies?" meme is from?
Show threadthere is beauty in simplicityJul 27
@beeoproblem @silly @foone yes!
Show threadthere is beauty in simplicityJul 27
@beeoproblem @silly @foone a lot of my "code" is based on Mitchell, lmao
Show threadSarah SammisJul 27
@beeoproblem @kinsale42 @silly @foone yup
Show threadStormy Dragon 6d ago

@silly @foone

The Daliard package is good, unless it gets an activation signal, in which case it goes a bit peculiar

I find the Tony and Control structures are a bit too verbose though, but that's probably because they were originally written in a good cup of Java

Show threadSimon RolfmoreJul 27
@foone I only use the RedDwarf microcompiler (which is of course very large) coupled with Starbug for debugging.
Show threadFoone🏳️‍⚧️Jul 27
@cloudthethings RedDwarf certainly generates DWARF metadata for Starbug
Show threaddexitroboperJul 27
@foone Vibe coding now becomes Keeping Up Appearances
Show threadgizmomathboy, FCJul 27
@dexitroboper @foone or Fawlty Towers surely
Show threadFrankJul 27

@gizmomathboy @dexitroboper @foone

- Lady of the house speaking!

- ¿Que?

Show threadBlake Naccarato 6d ago

@gizmomathboy
@dexitroboper @foone

At least FawltyDeps understood the assignment.

https://github.com/tweag/FawltyDeps

GitHub - tweag/FawltyDeps: Python dependency checker

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Show threadCubeRootOfTrue6d ago
@gizmomathboy @dexitroboper @foone I thought Fawlty Towers was a card came
Show threadQ ✨Jul 27
@dexitroboper @foone best reply 🤣
Show threadprozacchiwawaJul 27
@foone if you named one blackadder it can be both
Show threadjoëlJul 27
@prozacchiwawa @foone damn, you were 3 hours faster
Show threadSøren Hansen6d ago
@prozacchiwawa @foone Blackadder would be a great name for a Python to Forth transpiler.
Show threadJPJul 27
@foone I’m writing my ESP32-based CCTV firmware in BrassEye.
Show threadBryan Redeagle Jul 27
@foone Yes! Exactly. Where's my Tate Lang?!
Show threadLisa Magdalena Riedler 🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇹🇪🇺🏴‍☠️Jul 27
@foone that’s actually a brilliant take ngl
Show threadJoel Wirāmu, PaulingJul 27
@foone
There is a spot for a 'League' programming language (The League of Gentlemen)
Show threadpenguin42Jul 27
@jwp @foone Local variables for local people.
Show threadDarth OslerJul 27
@foone sooo, adder is still acceptable!
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialJul 27
@foone tbf BlackBooks does sound like some sort of query language for accounting
Show threadFoone🏳️‍⚧️Jul 27
@gsuberland probably fully owned by Intuit after like 3 acquisitions and merges
Show threadAndrew ZonenbergJul 27
@foone @gsuberland Does that mean the dependency graph of xkcd 2347 is fawlty towers?
Show threadDCoder 🇱🇹❤🇺🇦Jul 27
@azonenberg @foone @gsuberland
Don’t question the GIL. I questioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
Show threadJonty WareingJul 27
@gsuberland @foone Peep Show, the programming language exclusively used by the adult industry
Show threadBrian CampbellJul 27

@gsuberland @foone Ugh, hadn't heard of Black Books....

"Black Books is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan..."

Ah, fuck. Another one. I used to like the IT Crowd. This piqued my interest but I'm not sure I can watch another show by him now.

Show threadPatrick Morris MillerJul 27
@unlambda @gsuberland @foone [scowls in Father Ted]
Show threadDec (into the void)5d ago
@kentenmakto @unlambda @gsuberland @foone
Arthur was the funnier one of the two main 'Ted' writers. And he's a much better drummer.
Show threadcrusselJul 27
@unlambda if it helps any, he was only involved in the first (of three) series. Though fair warning: he does have a couple of cameos. Black Books is one of my favourite shows, I’d hate to think his brief involvement would put people off. Also it’s way better than IT Crowd 😀
Show threadSnowFoxJul 27

@foone And thus Rowan was born!

Alas, people again misunderstood the reference, which inspired a series of tree-themed programming languages.

Show threadjenny (phire)Jul 27
@foone my kingdom for a Fawlty programming language
Show threadWeirdAlex03Jul 27
@foone There are some who code in... Tim
Show threadJMcDJul 27
@WeirdAlex03 @foone which is close to the language Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh.
Show threadJMcDJul 27
@WeirdAlex03 @foone There are also the programmers who code in Ni!
Show threadltningJul 27
@foone What would calling conventions in 'allo 'allo be like?
Show threadMagnus AhltorpJul 27
@ltning @foone In ‘allo ‘allo it’s three separate languages, so you need three separate interpreters, but somehow the reader understands them all without any problems.
Show threadTormodJul 27

@ltning @foone

Inefficient, because you can call them only wonce.

Show threadAN/CRM-114Jul 27
@foone for personal projects I write in Jam, but I don’t like the standard library so I make heavy use of Boosh
Show threadFoone🏳️‍⚧️Jul 27
@flyingsaceur nice!
Show threadBee O'Problem Jul 27

@foone THANK YOU!

Finally, someone who gets it. Would Fawlty Towers references for python variants be valid too in your opinion? Because John Cleese.

Show threadLongplay GamesJul 27
@beeoproblem @foone Trouble is every time you start a sub routine in Fawlty you have to end it with an interrupt;
Show threadAdrian CockcroftJul 27
@foone Next thing I build in Python will be called The Goodies.
Show threadTom BortelsJul 27

@adrianco @foone

I thought I was the only person in the world old enough to remember the Goodies.

Show threaddraNgNonJul 27
@tbortels i LOVED The Goodies @adrianco @foone
Show threadAdrian Cockcroft5d ago
@draNgNon @tbortels @foone Well, I started a new GitHub repo today, and it it needed a name so welcome to https://GitHub.com/adrianco/the-goodies - currently have lots of documentation, an implemented funky-gibbon server with tests that seems to work and am working on blowing-off front end, WildThing (front end in Swift) and in inbetweenies protocol. Thanks to a few prompts and Claude-flow swarm. None of this existed before today.
Show threadSteve Loughran4d ago
@adrianco ok, taking the Python naming policy to heart . Will need some references to Cricklewood for completeness
Show threadAdrian Cockcroft4d ago
@stevel Running around Cricklewood in a Tri-tandem chasing after Kitten-Kong
Show threadMichael CollettiJul 27
@adrianco @foone Goodies Goodies, yum yum. The best show eva!!!
Show threadAdrian CockcroftJul 27
@LegacyWhisperer @foone I still have most of their 45rpm vinyl singles...
Show threadAdrian CockcroftJul 27
@LegacyWhisperer @foone Still, if someone can make a package called BeautifulSoup or BouncyCastle, I think it’s reasonable to build something called CactusInMyYFronts just to confuse people.
Show threadMichael CollettiJul 27
@adrianco @foone seriously tho, those Cacti are Epic! #EpicCacti
Show threadsuviJul 27
@foone The Goodies would be a great name for a package manager
Show threadjonquilborrowerJul 27
@foone no: golang. yes: goonlang.