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> English is the C++ of human languages

You can say that again.

That's exactly what I'm alluding in my other comments thread but referring to Chinese language and writing system complexity rather than English for the C++ and Rust, but on second thought Rust probably be the Chinese equivalent.

> But when I’ve taken the time to see if an equivalent English word exists, it always does.

It's the same happen with C++ that has been ripping up Dlang features for quite sometimes now including its new module system [1].

[1] Converting a large mathematical software package written in C++ to C++20 modules (42 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44433899



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