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That's a horrible reason to hate a language. Every language has layers of complexity. In C++ or Java the complexity is in the compiler, the library and the runt
by coliveira 11y ago
That's a horrible reason to hate a language. Every language has layers of complexity. In C++ or Java the complexity is in the compiler, the library and the runtime. In Smalltalk it just happens that the layers are available to everyone to inspect. You are free to inspect or ignore it, but the complexity never really goes away even if you don't see it.
- agumonkey 11y agoSeems like it's a trait shared all these: FORTH, ST, Lisp. They're the logical machine right in your face. No strict classical lexer / parser / language / compiler / binary layering. It's very thin and hackable.