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Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about pow... by fleitz on Monday April 11, 2016 @12:23AM (#11469620)
where are the assembler startups if more powerful languages don't give benefits?
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Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about pow... by incepted on Monday April 11, 2016 @12:25AM (#11469626)
Where did I say that more powerful languages don't give benefits?

Besides, assembly fails the "allows to execute quickly" test.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there evidence regarding PG's theory about pow... by fleitz on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:39AM (#11469832)
Ruby has very similar expressive power to LISP...

I'm pretty sure that what PG was trying to say was that given two languages X and Y that if X is more powerful (expressive) than Y it will be better for startups.

Not that if you don't use X there is no way your startup will be successful, and certainly not that if you don't use LISP you won't be successful.

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