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Re:On comparing languages, C++ and Go by hetman on Saturday October 05, 2013 @07:54PM (#6502530)
Except my brain isn't a Turing machine. What expressiveness means then is how easily I can fit the concepts of the code in my head (not on my harddrive). This is not the same as how short the code is, though the two are often closely related.
Re:On comparing languages, C++ and Go by yohanatan on Saturday October 05, 2013 @10:17PM (#6502812)
Expressiveness is power and it applies to the act of writing code, not reading it. I agree that it is ideal if one's code can be read and comprehended easily by others although that has little to do with expressiveness.

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