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Ask HN: What's a pirate's favorite programming language?

A humorous Ask HN post poses a pirate-themed programming language riddle with puns on "R," "C," and "Perl" (parl/gold).

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- This is a pirate joke that plays on the resemblance between pirate speech and programming-language names. "R" sounds like "Arrr!" (a pirate exclamation), "C" sounds like "Sea" (where pirates sail), and "Perl" sounds like "Pearl" (treasure pirates seek). The punchline is a pun on "always after the Pearl" — pirates chase treasure, hence they're after the Perl.

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