From: Brian Rogoff <bpr@shellx.best.com>
Subject: Re: GOTO considered necessary (reworked)
Date: 1997/06/24
Date: 1997-06-24T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95.970624112116.25406A-100000@shellx.best.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.867079599@merv
On 23 Jun 1997, Robert Dewar wrote:
> Right, I often state a rule that says that adding ANY feature AT ALL to
> a language damages the language by increasing size and complexity. The
> trick is to ensure that the positive contributions of the new feature
> outweigh this damage.
Possible counterexample: I believe that in Ada 83, renaming of generic
units was forbidden. That restriction was removed in Ada 95, or if you
prefer to think of the dual of that proposition, a feature was added.
One could probably make up lots of examples of this sort where a
restriction is removed, a new feature thus enabled with an overall
reduction in language complexity.
I agree with your rule, if you interpret these cases as being something
other than the addition of features.
-- Brian
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-11 0:00 GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Samuel Mize
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff [this message]
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Featuritis not always bad (was re: GOTO considered necessary) Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Spam Hater
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Van Snyder
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Function result Van Snyder
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-20 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Robert Dewar
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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