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		croemer 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rouille – Rust Programming, in French I don't like the non-Germanic ref here in als_ref is not Germanic enough. als_ver (from Verweis) would be nicer.

9dev 3 months ago [–]

I read it as als_referenz, which arguably makes sense!

croemer 3 months ago | [–]

For sure it's valid German but for maximum fun it's nice to have it be as Germanic as possible and avoid words that share roots with the standard English programming terms.

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