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FORTH has some elegance and it's so simple that it is tempting to implement it. However, no language should permit defining the value of 4 by 12, as there is n
by jll29 1y ago
FORTH has some elegance and it's so simple that it is tempting to implement it.
However, no language should permit defining the value of 4 by 12, as there is no situation in which this can bring more good than harm in the long term.
Another issue that affects FORTH but also Perl and other languages is that they deal with a lot of things implicitly (e.g. the stack, or arguments to functions). Most people agree that explicity is more easy to read than implicit.
- ErroneousBosh 1y ago> However, no language should permit defining the value of 4 by 12, as there is no situation in which this can bring more good than harm in the long term. A Skil saw should not permit you sticking your fingers in the spinning blade, yet most people know that this is a stupid and dangerous thing to do.
- schwartzworld 1y agoLots of saws have safety features to keep fingers from being removed. It happens all the time.