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On 17.09.2012 18:51, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:41:11 +0200, Robert Klemme
> <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17.09.2012 05:07, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:36:00 +0200, Robert Klemme
>>> <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> My point was not that it can't be made "safe".  I rather questioned
>>>> whether the additional complexity introduced in the language would be
>>>> beneficial (even if we let compatibility issues aside for the moment).
>>>
>>>        The architecture astronauts got Java long ago.
>>>
>>>        While C has many trade-offs that I disagree with, one thing that
>>> they got right is that it is a small language.
>>
>> But "small" is not a value in itself.  Programming languages are tools
>> and a small language might have less complexity than necessary to solve
>> today's problems.  If you can learn it fast (because it is small) but
>> then you need to go through hoops every day to write the code that you
>> need to write, what have you gained?
>
>       If.
>
>       One can drown in huge languages.  Features can interact in
> "interesting" ways.

Yes, of course.  But the "if" applies the other way round.  As I said: 
small or large in itself are no values.

Cheers

	robert

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can't throw bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-09-11 13:16 -0700
  Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-11 13:34 -0700
    Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 14:15 -0700
  Re: can't throw Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-11 17:02 -0400
    Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 14:17 -0700
      Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-11 21:21 -0400
        Re: can't throw Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-09-11 21:59 -0700
          Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-12 09:18 -0700
            Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 19:09 +0200
            Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-12 10:56 -0700
            Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:36 -0400
              Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-12 18:29 -0700
                Re: can't throw Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-09-12 18:34 -0700
                Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 21:37 -0400
                Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 21:54 -0400
          Re: can't throw Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-09-12 11:27 -0600
          Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:24 -0400
            Re: can't throw Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-09-13 22:20 -0700
              Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 09:49 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-14 20:50 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 13:02 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 14:06 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 13:16 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-14 23:07 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 14:28 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-16 20:04 -0700
        Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:16 -0400
          Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 23:15 -0700
        Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-14 17:33 -0500
          Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-16 15:46 +0200
            Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-16 12:17 -0500
              Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-16 22:36 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-16 20:07 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 07:41 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-17 09:51 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 21:00 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-17 13:23 -0700
                Re: can't throw Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-09-17 18:52 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 11:22 -0700
                Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-17 02:52 -0500
                Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-17 02:39 -0500
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 21:02 +0200
  Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-11 14:28 -0700
  Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-11 21:14 -0400
    Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:11 -0400
  Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 08:31 +0200
    Re: can't throw bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-09-12 11:40 -0700
      Re: can't throw Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-12 15:50 -0400
      Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 12:52 -0700
        Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 23:24 +0200
          Re: can't throw Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-09-12 15:10 -0700
            Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-13 23:32 +0200
    Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:06 -0400
  Re: can't throw Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-12 20:55 -0700

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