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		PaulDavisThe1st 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carbon is not a programming language (sort of) It's a hangover from the ill-fated Clinton programming language, where you repeat an operator (such as "is") to ensure there is no ambiguity about what your intention is.

zelphirkalt 10 months ago [–]

Did you mean to write "there is is no ambiguity ..."?

mattigames 10 months ago | [–]

Too early for that pun, it works better at the end as a punchline of sorts, "ensure there is not ambiguity about what your intention is is."

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