Best. Language comparison. Evar.
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Wed, 7 December 2005
Someone has finally figured out the ultimate metric for language complexity. Legions of ivory-tower academics can now retire. It’s a solved problem. Who knew it would turn out to be that easy? I guess people have just been overlooking the obvious for years!
I am reminded of an April-fools feature in Personal Computer World on a language called Dorking, which only had one keyword…