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Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:53:48 +0200
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On 19/04/14 13:50, Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> According to John McCormick's famous reseach paper[1], the most
> desirable features of a programming language are, in order of
> importance:
>
> - Modeling of scalar objects.
>       Strong typing.
>       Range constraints.
>       Enumeration types.
> - Parameter modes that reflect the problem rather than the mechanism.
> - Named parameter association.
> - Arrays whose indices do not have to begin at zero.
> - Representation clauses for device registers (record field selection
>    rather than bit masks).
> - Higher level of abstraction for tasking (rendezvous rather than
>    semaphores).
> - Exception handling.
>
> And personally, I share his opinion:)


The most important finding that McCormick's list represents is that
they are *not* an opinion! The evidence is one rare exception in that
its production exhibits many traits of valid data.

The type system *is* actually better that that against which
it has been compared. It is not just opined to be better.