RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 days agoThe 'else' keyword is probably a literal translation from German (2020)github.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkThe 'else' keyword is probably a literal translation from German (2020)github.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoThe Germans, from Zürich, Switzerland?
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days agoFrom German, which is spoken in Zürich, Switzerland. EDIT: Additionally, it seems like the German-speaking authors were Germans, or at least some of them (Klaus Samelson for example)
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI commented on the article’s content, not the title. Among others: “The German authors made two big conceptual leaps in their formulation of the “if” statement.” The title is correct, maybe by accident.
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThen, were the German speakers Germans, living in Zürich, or Swiss? Edit: I see your edit now. That was indeed my (genuine) question.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago3/4 of the ones listed on the document in the article were German, with the fourth being Swiss (Heinz Rutishauser). I’m not convinced they were necessarily living in Zürich, it could just be that the proposal was made at a conference there.
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoQuite likely some of them had ties to the ETH or they organised the conference. Yes, Rutishauser would have to be Swiss, with that name. Thanks for clarifying.
The Germans, from Zürich, Switzerland?
From German, which is spoken in Zürich, Switzerland.
EDIT: Additionally, it seems like the German-speaking authors were Germans, or at least some of them (Klaus Samelson for example)
I commented on the article’s content, not the title. Among others:
“The German authors made two big conceptual leaps in their formulation of the “if” statement.”
The title is correct, maybe by accident.
So did I.
Then, were the German speakers Germans, living in Zürich, or Swiss?
Edit: I see your edit now. That was indeed my (genuine) question.
3/4 of the ones listed on the document in the article were German, with the fourth being Swiss (Heinz Rutishauser).
I’m not convinced they were necessarily living in Zürich, it could just be that the proposal was made at a conference there.
Quite likely some of them had ties to the ETH or they organised the conference. Yes, Rutishauser would have to be Swiss, with that name. Thanks for clarifying.