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Is this intended to be a response to the parent comment? What's the connection?
by carussell 9y ago
Is this intended to be a response to the parent comment? What's the connection?
- goatlover 9y agoIt is. The parent was praising Go's simplicity in comparison to languages like C++, and that Lisp had gone down the complexity rabbit hole, thus the need for Scheme. As a counterpoint to that, complicated languages have seen continued widespread use, so it's not obvious why being simple (intentionally leaving certain language features out) is preferable. Meaning, the entire programming community hasn't quit on C++, CL, Java, etc in favor C, Scheme, Go or pick your simpler language. Most of the JS community seems very pleased with ES6 & 7 additions.