Quote #5
Here is a classic example of a language feature which combines danger to the
programmer with difficulty for the implementor.
-- C.A.R. Hoare, "Hints on programming language design"
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Here is a classic example of a language feature which combines danger to the
programmer with difficulty for the implementor.
-- C.A.R. Hoare, "Hints on programming language design"
[ STAN-CS-73-403 (AIM-224), p.15, about "labelled END"]
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- Quote #6
The more I ponder the principles of language design, and the techniques
which put them into practice, the more is my amazement and admiration of
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``Pointers are like jumps, leading wildly from one part of the data
structure to another.
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A misfeature of a system, especially a
programming language or environme
hat tends to breed bugs or mistakes because it both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome....

