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Blub paradox

Blub paradox proper noun: the situation where a programmer sees less powerful programming languages than those he/she knows as lacking in important features, but more powerful ones as having bizarre or unnecessary features.

Proper noun

the Blub paradox

  1. The situation where a programmer sees less powerful programming languages than those he/she knows as lacking in important features, but more powerful ones as having bizarre or unnecessary features.

Origin of Blub paradox

Coined by Paul Graham, who used a hypothetical programming language called Blub as an example.

Questions about Blub paradox

What does Blub paradox mean?
Blub paradox means the situation where a programmer sees less powerful programming languages than those he/she knows as lacking in important features, but more powerful ones as having bizarre or unnecessary features.
What part of speech is Blub paradox?
Blub paradox is a proper noun.

Words near Blub paradox in the dictionary

  1. Blu-Tack
  2. Blu-Tacked
  3. Blu-Tacking
  4. Blu-Tacks
  5. blub
  6. Blub paradox
  7. Blubaugh
  8. Blubaughs
  9. blubbed
  10. blubber
  11. blubber fish

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