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Failed library features at least can be relatively easily deprecated, forgotten and left to rot on the side. Language features will bloat the language almost fo
by gpderetta 2y ago
Failed library features at least can be relatively easily deprecated, forgotten and left to rot on the side. Language features will bloat the language almost forever.
One nice advantage of static reflection, macros and other form of program synthesis is that you can experiment with new syntax as a library before committing to integrating it to the base language.