Comment by ivanjermakov
3 days ago
> weren’t competing with each other but instead learn from each other
What is the difference? Using polite words to communicate?
3 days ago
> weren’t competing with each other but instead learn from each other
What is the difference? Using polite words to communicate?
Competing with each other would be trying to one-up each other feature-wise, whereas what I have witnessed was things like discussing trade-offs made in different languages and juggling around ideas on if some feature from language A would make sense in language B too.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
why would I want to attract bugs? Vinegar keeps them away from me
It isn't even true.
https://xkcd.com/357/
"Head over heels" is another weird idiom. I'm so in love, I'm standing in a normal orientation.
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But then you are left with less honey.