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Emile comments on What is the best programming language? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Emile 26 May 2012 07:54:07PM *  4 points [-]

Hmm, I guess people that follow most of the discussions here might be overestimating how much "community lore" others are aware of (or they may mistake "opinions shared by a few posters" for "community lore").

For prior discussions of this see here:

We are one step closer to the glorious time when a thread titled "Most rational choice of footwear" will appear.

or here:

This might be the most blatant misuse of "rational" in a post title I've ever seen.

Now that's a challenge ...

  • Rational snorkeling
  • Rational hash brownie preparation¹
  • Rational weasel appreciation
  • Rational captchaloguing
  • Rational cache flushing
  • Rational cash flashing
  • Rational rasher rationing

Most people seem to have liked the suggestion to use "optimal" instead.