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It gets pretty ridiculous in programming languages, too:

"So, you've just discovered Scala? (scoff) Briefly interesting, till I realized it just apes Haskell's type system and adds cruft from Java. Oh, you're getting into Haskell now? (rolls eyes) Too bad the type system's not even Turing complete. I've been playing with Qi lately, has its pros and cons, you know."



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