Why static languages suffer from complexity

[Kent Sharkey]

Hirrolot[^]:

People in the programming language design community strive to make their languages more expressive, with a strong type system, mainly to increase ergonomics by avoiding code duplication in final software; however, the more expressive their languages become, the more abruptly duplication penetrates the language itself.

"If someone claims to have the perfect programming language, he is either a fool or a salesman or both."

Oooo, boy...

[David ONeil]

Is that article what happens when you decide to solve problems that no one is asking to solutions for? Or am I really that out of the loop as far as what 'real programming' entails?

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[Greg Utas]

What's remarkable is that it's by a 17-year-old. One who recently discovered his private parts, it would seem.

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[David ONeil]

I guess I have to hand it to him. At 17, with the Basic language of that day, I wasn't thinking nearly the level of thoughts he is. I suppose that is a testimony to how far we've come since then. The hot thing back then, as I recall, was using obscure PEEKs and POKEs to make magic happen at a whole whopping 8 bits, 32 MBPS! After that came segmented architecture. UUUGHHHH! Kinda the same feeling I got skimming that article.

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