Programming Language Wars

Definitions

1. Ongoing, often tribal arguments over which programming language is best, usually mixing real technical tradeoffs with identity, status, and community loyalty. The phrase acknowledges that these debates are as social as they are technical.

   In plain English: The recurring fights over which programming language is best.

   Example: "The thread started as a tooling question and turned into full programming language wars by comment twenty."

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