Re:Go and Simplicity Debt Redux
by skybrian on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:12PM
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The slogan "avoid success at all costs" suggests that they don't want a lot of production usage, at least.
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Re:Go and Simplicity Debt Redux
by lclarkmichalek on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:24PM
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It's "avoid 'success at all costs'", which has _quite_ the different meaning.
Although, if the slogan has too high of a barrier to entry, I don't know what you'd think of the language itself.
No, it's meant as a warning against the trappings of explosive popularity. A language like C++/Java/JS is difficult to modify because of how entrenched the usage of the language becomes. In that sense avoiding "success at all costs" (which is how it should be parsed) allows "agile" development of the language.