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Re:What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? by majkinetor on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:31AM (#26779186)
> people can have different option on what is elegant and what is not

Thera are also measurable effects of elegant system like number of bugs, questions, libraries, standards, etc.

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Re:What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? by citrin_ru on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:11AM (#26779641)
To compare say how language syntax/features affect number of bugs, questions, etc you have to make everything else to be equal and it is very hard if possible at all in the real world.
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