Re: "Usability" (was Re: Map iteration and modification)

[Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 7 Jan 2024, J-P. Rosen wrote
(in article <uncuas$qe2g$1@dont-email.me>):

> Le 06/01/2024 à 03:03, Randy Brukardt a écrit:
> > Usability is of course not just ease-of-writing, but a lot of people tend to
> > co-mingle the two. For readability, too little information can be just as
> > bad as too much. For writability, the less you have to write, the better.
> Yes, I'm always surprised to see many languages (including Rust)
> praising themselves of being "concise". Apart from saving some
> keystrokes, I fail to see the benefit of being concise...

Agreed. However, it is a bit of a totem in the FP cult.

-- 
Bill Findlay