>Do you think this is inevitable? I tend to think languages need major overhauls and backwards-compatibility breaking in order to become "cleaner". I think it'

>Do you think this is inevitable? I tend to think languages need major overhauls and backwards-compatibility breaking in order to become "cleaner". I think it's pretty much inevitable when use case and/or feature set significantly changes but there's not a comprehensive overhaul of existing work. I think programming languages, code bases, and even cities all have basically the same issue: if the goal or the environment has significantly changed after a lot of work has been done, you're likely to end up with a final product that isn't what you'd choose if you were starting today.