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| From | Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: can't throw |
| Date | 2012-09-17 21:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <abpaa7F83rkU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <4NmdnaSmEpADlMvNnZ2dnUVZ7oWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <abmrhnFla58U1@mid.individual.net> <6s4d58legju3enqvh78ksjdb28mmvrrs5i@4ax.com> <abnrfuFrpl1U1@mid.individual.net> <e6le58h0850b7gu56vqpa729p9kimfgtbn@4ax.com> |
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 -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
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can't throw bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-09-11 13:16 -0700
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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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