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This comment, whilst perhaps accurate in and of itself, is missing the point of his article I think... He's saying that a small, simple, imperative core is eas

This comment, whilst perhaps accurate in and of itself, is missing the point of his article I think... He's saying that a small, simple, imperative core is easy to understand (and the rest of the language is built on that), whereas more declarative languages tend to involve more complex compilers and more magic, making those languages harder to learn and comprehend.

groovy2shoes 12y ago
> He's saying that a small, simple, imperative core is easy to understand (and the rest of the language is built on that), whereas more declarative languages tend to involve more complex compilers and more magic, making those languages harder to learn and comprehend. Yes, for some unstated definition of "imperative" and "declarative".