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Re:Advanced Programming Languages (2009) by krebs_liebhaber on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:28AM (#23078842)
I think that's a bit too strong of a statement. In my opinion, it's not going to be possible to represent every solution to a problem in a simple manner when reality is so mind-bogglingly complex. Good tools should allow you to face natural complexity head-on, instead of trying to fit the outside world into a "simple" Bed of Procrustes.
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Re:Advanced Programming Languages (2009) by jfkebwjsbx on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:29AM (#23079267)
It is actually the opposite: if you let complexity creep in, you have lost.

To model complex systems you have to keep them as simple as possible.

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Re:Advanced Programming Languages (2009) by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:36AM (#23079328)
As simple as possible, but no simpler. As the previous comment was getting at, there is often a point of irreducible complexity. Modelling that efficiently is a mark of a good language.
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