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coldtea on April 16, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed ...

The thing with "descriptive" is that it's not about what you or I "want".

Nor are there "multiple languages". There's one language and in that language, unique IS used that way by some (most) people.

The cat's out of the bag.

SideburnsOfDoom on April 16, 2015 [–]

> The thing with "descriptive" is that it's not about what you or I "want".

Maybe not, but it is about what I do or don't say.

> Nor are there "multiple languages". There's one language

I don't think so, actually. There are differences in usage e.g. from. US to UK.

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