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"I really never got why I would write one language in another language" The terser the syntax, the less room for error in comparison to its more verbose counte
by rlander 15y ago
"I really never got why I would write one language in another language"
The terser the syntax, the less room for error in comparison to its more verbose counterpart.
"just to then use some tool to translate it (and if it gets a little complicated have to manually fix translation problems afterwards)"
If you're manually fixing compiled code, you are doing it wrong.
- wladimir 15y agoExactly, using higher level languages is a matter of DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) and normalization (specify things in one place, have them change everywhere consistently). Especially for CSS this is really useful as in itself is a crude, low-level language, things can quickly become very verbose especially if you consider cross-browser compatibility for the fancier effects.