There's the kind of complexity that maps naturally onto complex
problems, and the kind of complexity that doesn't. Many of the changes
in Perl 5 were actually to remove the second kind of complexity.
Many language designers make the mistake of trying to avoid the first
kind of complexity, and end up forcing the users to write more complex
programs to make up for it. This is no fun.
i have seen you make similar statements time and time again, but have yet
to see you offer a detailed argument in support of it. i do not know which
real languages you may be talking about, and i am not clear about your
dichotomy of complexity. please expand on this. [a short essay will
do just fine, kindly spare me the bignose. :-]
oz
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