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All languages are converging to the ultimate language: The TypePyGon! Jokes aside, I wish our tools were more "final". When is a programming language done rega

• Zababa 5y ago
  > When is a programming language done regarding the pain it was meant to solve? Elixir is often presented as "done" (https://elixirforum.com/t/is-elixir-done/20830/12 https://elixirforum.com/t/is-elixir-done/20830/12). For example, the depreciation policy mention that function can only be removed on a major version (1.X to 2.Y for example), and for now it's still in 1.X and no Elixir 2 is planned. It still has releases (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/05/19/elixir-v1-12-0-released/ https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2021/05/19/elixir-v1-12-0-relea...) to follow Erlang releases, but Erlang itself is also more conservative than some other languages.
• munificent 5y ago
  > When is a programming language done regarding the pain it was meant to solve? It's hard to imagine that a language can be "done" when the problems being solved with it keep changing and we keep discovering new techniques for solving them. When is automotive design done? Farming?
  • goatlover 5y ago
    Then why not just use C++ since it’s already accumulated all the features?
    • munificent 5y ago
      The absence of features is often one of the greatest values a tool can have. Features that you don't use carry a cognitive load, increase the number of choices you have to make, and reduce the usability of other features that they have to be disambiguated with.