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by z3phyr 2318 days ago
> "Dialect of"

Programming languages are not natural languages. The usual definition (which is loose) of a dialect in natural languages does not actually apply on "programming languages", which I repeat do not even classify as natural language.

Comparing our natural definition of a "dialect" to a PL definition of a dialect is erroneous.

I will not defend the parent's use of the word dialect anymore, and I think "decedent" is the right word to go.