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That makes it sound as if a modern language sans the baggage of C was not needed. It was.

• mpweiher 12y ago
  Hmmm...to me it makes it sound like a modern language without the baggage of C was and is needed, but Swift is not that language.
  • pohl 12y ago
    [language] does not solve [problems not solved by languages]. Film at 11.
    • mpweiher 12y ago
      Welcome to Tautology Club! If Tautology Club is the sort of thing you like, you will like Tautology Club. Alternatively, you will find that you like Tautology Club if that is the sort of thing you like. In other news, you might have checked some of the other posts here that explain why some of these problems are, or at the very least can be language problems, before letting loose the snark. For example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8377860 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8377860
      • pohl 12y ago
        "My smartphone didn't palliate my hemmoroids" is no tautology.
        • mpweiher 12y ago
          But "[language does not solve] [problems not solved by languages]" is.
          • pohl 12y ago
            Your opinion fails to shorten my daily commute – which is the truly pressing concern.
      • nbevans 12y ago
        Your example is a link to yourself and two footnotes that link to articles written by yourself. Are you a joker?