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"Syntax is by far the least interesting thing about any new programming language, but they spend paragraphs talking about braces and semicolons." I can't seem
by nicklaf 12y ago
"Syntax is by far the least interesting thing about any new
programming language, but they spend paragraphs talking
about braces and semicolons."
I can't seem to locate the quote for this, but I believe there is a famous witticism on programming languages, which more or less states that arguments about the trivial issues of a language generate the most heated discussion, with syntax being simultaneously the most contentious and the least important.
- freyrs3 12y agoWadler's Law: https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Wadler%27s_Law https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Wadler%27s_Law In any language design, the total time spent discussing a feature in this list is proportional to two raised to the power of its position. 0. Semantics 1. Syntax 2. Lexical syntax 3. Lexical syntax of comments
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