Re:What's Coming in Python 3.8
by wvenable on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:21PM
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> In a language with less features, you might have to write slightly more code, but the code you write will be more readable to everyone else.
That's not universally true. C# has more features than Java but is generally easier to read and the intent of the code is easier to follow. The lack of features, like properties or unsigned integers, leads to Java coders creating much more convoluted solutions.
If languages with less features were universally better we would all be using C and BASIC for everything.
Re:What's Coming in Python 3.8
by nitroll on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:01PM
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I think the importance is the orthogonality of the features.
Eg. having so many ways to do string formatting or now multiple ways of doing assigments are not ortogonal and thus can be seen as cluttering.
That's not universally true. C# has more features than Java but is generally easier to read and the intent of the code is easier to follow. The lack of features, like properties or unsigned integers, leads to Java coders creating much more convoluted solutions.
If languages with less features were universally better we would all be using C and BASIC for everything.