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Cnile

noun
/ˈsiːnaɪl/UK/ˈsinaɪl/US

Etymology

Blend of C + senile.

  1. derived from *sénos✻
  2. derived from senīlis
  3. derived from senile
  4. derived from senile
  5. borrowed from sénile
  6. compounded as cnile — “C + senile”

Definitions

  1. A C programmer, especially one who dismisses newer programming languages.

    • it's almost 2023 and cniles still can't handle generics. bit sad innit?
    • Cniles will literally create this abomination rather then^([sic]) just using a language with OOP support
    • I've dealt with a lot of Cniles in my time who have dismissed the importance of pattern matching for general programming, but then pointed to projects that rely heavily on custom pattern matching esolangs for their operation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Cnile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA