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> I don't think she's presenting the "maximalist design approach" as a good thing, eh? The article is predicated on the assumption that this maximalist design
by avgcorrection 4y ago
> I don't think she's presenting the "maximalist design approach" as a good thing, eh?
The article is predicated on the assumption that this maximalist design is popular. But I have argued that it isn’t.
A polemic needs an adversary. If not then it’s not a polemic and instead just a feel-good article about what most people agree on to begin with. Programming languages should be simple? And certainly not go out of its way to be complicated? Hmm, yes. yawn.
- carapace 4y agoAh, I see. You're objecting to the "Most modern programming languages" part, eh? It would be interesting to investigate the subject more deeply. Like I said, I was thinking of Python and JavaScript, but you're right, there are lots of modern languages now, and many are very carefully designed (e.g. Elm.)