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Comment by swannodette

  Simple text editor = simple + powerful
  Emacs = complex + powerful
  Lisp = simple + powerful
  Blub = complex + powerful
Given this your association doesn't make much sense.

I think most people prefer simple + powerful. And this isn't black and white - Blub can often be simpler for X simple task. However the real yard stick is whether as your problem domain gets more complex does Blub suddenly lose its veneer of simplicity?

I always bring up Alan Kay in these kind of threads but his observations are always so damn salient - agglutinative PLs (features) vs style PLs (simple principles).

parent swannodette 15 years ago

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