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So does Rust, I think. 2014 was a good year for programming languages.

• klibertp 12y ago
  > 2014 was a good year for programming languages Yeah... another batch of innovative, interesting languages died because "it's not practical", another pile of language features didn't manage to get implemented because "but look at syntax, it's ugly", another bunch of languages took some decades old features, dumbed them down as much as possible and then some more (because "it would be to hard to use otherwise") and marketed them as ground-breaking improvements to the art of programming. Very good year for PLs, indeed.
  • matthewmacleod 12y ago
    Have you got any concrete examples, or are you just going to complain? The entire field of programming language design is more complex than you seem to be admitting.
  • tormeh 12y ago
    Nice syntax and easily explained features are extremely important parts of programming language design. A really fancy new feature whose implementation compromises these qualities is usually a step backwards for the language as a whole. Look at C++.