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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b41c6348841d8091 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b41c6348841d8091 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jsa@alexandria.organon.com (Jon S Anthony) Subject: Re: subjectivity Date: 1997/09/16 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 273077136 References: Distribution: world Organization: PSINet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1997-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article nospam@thanks.com.au (Don Harrison) writes: > :That's not all there is to it. What is being "minimized" and what is > :"unique" plays a central role as well. > > Agree. Also, qualities may be beneficial in one *sense* and not another. > For example, one could argue that minimal language mechanisms make a > language easier to understand. > > But from another perspective, code implemented in such a language may be > less easy to understand because more statements are required. This is one > reason why reuse becomes so important when using minimalist languages. Yes, I completely agree. This differing perspectives looking into/at the same subject is the perceptive mode of investigation. The more such "legitimate" (which may be an issue itself) perspectives the clearer the issue will become. > Further, minimalism has a performance overhead so increases the > burden on compiler writers to optimise extensively. Right - or sometimes the other way 'round. > While there may be factors which derail it, this may be an argument > in favour of Ada's "richness". Oops, I'd better take that back - I'm > supposed to be a closed-minded language bigot! :) ;-), but yes, I think that from certain perspectives this is a plus and from others it may be a minus. Yes, exactly. /Jon -- Jon Anthony OMI, Belmont, MA 02178, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari