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Re:Simplicity and the ideas Go left behind by TheDong on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @02:25AM (#9099250)
That is not a simplicity issue.

"Something that is simple may take longer to write and might be more verbose" -- from the article.

In a simple language, there should not be functions that do exactly what you want to do; that would be a sign of the language being complex and featureful, which are enemies of simple.

(and yes, this is a bit tongue-in-cheek)

Re:Simplicity and the ideas Go left behind by rtpg on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @03:26AM (#9099412)
Even in a simple language, simple things should be simple. Granted, it's easy to make complex things sound simple, but the example given seems simple.