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by EliasLittle 1134 days ago
While I think his terms “Soil” “surface” and “atmosphere” are kinda cute, I don’t understand the need. Each of these already has a very clear established term.

“Soil” = Implementation “Surface” = Language/Syntax “Atmosphere” = Community

Often when people talk about a programming language they mean a combination of these, but it takes very little to clarify which specific part you like or not.