Quote #683
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about
programming.
-- A. Perlis
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about
programming.
-- A. Perlis
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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"... - A language that doesn't affect the way you think about
programming is not worth knowing... - The language provides a programmer with a set of conceptual tools;
if these are inadequate for the task, they will simply...
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