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There's nothing to be gained by throwing an idiom away, but maybe there's a lot to be gained with a new idiom.
by jcromartie 12y ago
There's nothing to be gained by throwing an idiom away, but maybe there's a lot to be gained with a new idiom.
- kazinator 12y agoThere is indeed something to be gained by throwing an idiom away: not needing the features which support the idiom which create problems elsewhere, even when that idiom isn't being used. For instance if we throw away certain programming features from a language, we can gain reliability and security which threaten even the integrity of code that doesn't itself use those features.
- collyw 12y agoButg there is the time spent in learning a new idiom, and maybe nothing is gained. Tech churn.