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Re:Readable Clojure by daxfohl on Thursday May 25, 2017 @01:12PM (#14418607)
I believe I've heard it said: the most difficult thing when building a language is not deciding which features to add, but which features to leave out.
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Re:Readable Clojure by allengeorge on Sunday May 28, 2017 @09:44AM (#14434350)
This is a pretty common maxim, and applies to any design exercise :)

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. "

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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