Re:Criticizing Hare language approach for generic data struc...
by usefulcat on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @11:35AM
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> there's value in finding the minimal diff that makes a language better.
OTOH, if the differences are minimal, then the benefits are likely to be correspondingly minimal. And either way, the compiler/interpreter for a relatively new language will by definition be much less battle-tested.
Practically speaking, I think if a new language is going to compete with C, it needs to offer more than a few incremental improvements.
OTOH, if the differences are minimal, then the benefits are likely to be correspondingly minimal. And either way, the compiler/interpreter for a relatively new language will by definition be much less battle-tested.
Practically speaking, I think if a new language is going to compete with C, it needs to offer more than a few incremental improvements.