From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f891f,9d58048b8113c00f X-Google-Attributes: gidf891f,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,2e71cf22768a124d X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,2e71cf22768a124d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,9d58048b8113c00f X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel) Subject: Re: next "big" language?? (disagree) Date: 1996/06/10 Message-ID: <4phmsb$1dd@gaia.ns.utk.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 159468582 references: <4p8nbt$3rj@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> <31B9A721.696@apci.net> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal.misc organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory reply-to: kennel@msr.epm.ornl.gov newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1996-06-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: O'Connor (oconnor@apci.net) wrote: : Ian Ward wrote: : > : > Of course, the time taken for the compiler to spot syntactic errors : > is much less than that which a person takes. In fact, if the langauge : > syntax is cunningly enough design such that different constructs look : > sufficiently different, it will also wipe out a large proportion of : > unwitting semantic (&functional) errors as well. This feature more : > than makes up for compile times, which is one of the reasons languages : > such as the Pascal family is twice as quick in terms of man hours to : > get down to any arbitrary level of bugs. (It stands to reason, if one : > does not have to worry about the syntax, one has more time to work : > on the semantics.) : > : > Best regards, : > Ian. : This is precisely why I enjoy Smalltalk so much. With very few : syntactical rules to worry about, whether I'm writing code or reading : someone elses, I can concentrate more on the intent of the code. "What : needs to be accomplished" rather than "What language rules do I have to : remember for this situation". And by doing so turns what would otherwise be superficial syntactic or linguistic errors into programs with run-time bugs. ``Youse pays yer money and youse takes yer choice.'' That is a complaint have re C++: nightmare programs from hell are dense in the space of dream programs. : James O'Connor : oconnor@apci.net : ## : ## : ######## "He that loveth not : ######## knoweth not God." : ## --1 John 4:8 : ## : ## : ## : ## -- Matthew B. Kennel/mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu/I do not speak for ORNL, DOE or UT Oak Ridge National Laboratory/University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA/ *NO MASS EMAIL SPAM* It's an abuse of Federal Government computer resources and an affront to common civility.