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I agree but I also believe that cosmetic issues help with adoption and sparking enthusiasm for a language. It's silly but a lot of people are like that (I am as
by bluecalm 12y ago
I agree but I also believe that cosmetic issues help with adoption and sparking enthusiasm for a language. It's silly but a lot of people are like that (I am as well). Beautiful cars, apartments, smartphones... in all of them core design is way more important but people still go for looks at least to some extent.
- CyberDildonics 12y agoI think that those two features in particular are more polarizing than anything. I don't think there is a wide consensus as to which is better even though most programmers have an opinion. Many programmers would agree (I think) that Julia is cosmetically beautiful in a lot of other ways however.
- pygy_ 12y agoThese features were precisely chosen to drive the adoption of the language among R and especially MATLAB programmers.