Re:Rust and the Blub Paradox
by djur on Saturday January 23, 2016 @12:46PM
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> In this regards, Rust is actually the Blub compared to D and C++.
I think this demonstrates a significant weakness in Blub as a concept: there is not even a partial ordering of languages by power. The essay only works because Graham picks the two sides of the debate: Lisp, which Graham believes to be the most powerful of languages, and Blub, a theoretical language that can be stipulated to be less powerful than Lisp in all ways.
Outside the essay, "blub" only exists as a slur for a despised language or an insult for another programmer, and it's only useful as a way to start arguments.
I think this demonstrates a significant weakness in Blub as a concept: there is not even a partial ordering of languages by power. The essay only works because Graham picks the two sides of the debate: Lisp, which Graham believes to be the most powerful of languages, and Blub, a theoretical language that can be stipulated to be less powerful than Lisp in all ways.
Outside the essay, "blub" only exists as a slur for a despised language or an insult for another programmer, and it's only useful as a way to start arguments.