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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Language Is This?
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 23:36:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:56:57 +0100, Bart wrote:

> On 06/09/2024 01:24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> Looking at the picture at the head of this article
>> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-in-programming-languages-popularity-since-2016-and-what-it-tells-us/>,
>> I couldn’t recognize what language was used for that code.
>>
>> Does anybody know what language it might be? Of course, it could be a
>> fake.
>
> The one with 'if ("true")' and the mix of // and # comments? It looks
> made-up.

Yeah, I’m tending to agree. Something from an AI given a
(deliberately?) confusing prompt about a program to write, perhaps? ;)