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Re: Nasty language semantics (Was: error message I don understand) [message #174919 is a reply to message #174918] Sun, 17 July 2011 23:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
August Karlstrom is currently offline  August Karlstrom
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On 2011-07-18 01:23, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> I guess a certain level of maturity is needed to recognize an academic
> language from one which is truly usable in the real world.
>
> My guess is you've never worked on a real multi-programmer project in a
> business environment. Or maybe not even a single-programmer project in a
> corporate environment.

I have worked in all kinds of constellations and seldom have I
experienced a problem with the language at hand being too restrictive,
quite on the contrary, obscure language features in combination with
programmer "cleverness" (in the usual "power corrupts" sense) have given
rise to several maintenance headaches.

August

--
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own
skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids
clever tricks like the plague. --Edsger Dijkstra
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