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submitted 1 year ago by bitofhope@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Related, the name of the [computer] language can be confused with the name of the Catalan language (Català), as noted in this lobste.rs comment:

But then France has a long tradition of suppressing minority languages:

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

It also sounds like katala, which means "wicked" or "devious" in Finnish.