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> Aside from being syntactically terse I haven't found any compelling reasons not to use it. For me, that's THE reason to use it. It's terseness is what allows
by jolmg 7y ago
> Aside from being syntactically terse I haven't found any compelling reasons not to use it.
For me, that's THE reason to use it. It's terseness is what allows it to be efficient enough to be used primarily interactively.
- rhombocombus 7y agoI wholeheartedly agree, but I think that is why a lot of folks get turned off from it.
- coliveira 7y agoThere is a school of thought in CS that equates terseness to bad programming practices. That is unfortunate. It is possible for software to be terse and well designed, and of course verbose solutions can easily morph into an unmaintainable nightmare.