Re: Language design by by committee ( was Re: Try J# ( was Re: J# is there ))

[Tim Tyler <tt@iname.com>]

In comp.lang.java.advocacy Ray Blaak <blaak@telus.net> wrote:
: Israel Raj T <israelrt@optushome.com.au> writes:
:> Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:

:> >Now repeat after me...
:> >   Ada was not designed by a committee.
:> >   Ada was not designed by a committee.
:> >   Ada was not designed by a committee.

: To me whether or not Ada was designed by a committee is irrelevant, and
: perhaps semantic quibbling. Why should we care? Why does anyone care? I have
: never understood this objection of "designed by a committee".

: One should evaluate a language on its own merits. Whether 1, 2 or N people
: designed it simply shouldn't matter; the language stands or falls based
: on its own characteristics and not those of its authors.

Maybe in an ideal world.  In practice languages get judged for all sorts
of reasons that have nothing to do with their own merits.  Looking at the
merits of something can be a time-consuming process.  Far easier and
quicker to make a snap-decision based on popular opinion and hearsay.
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