6 Jun
2011
6 Jun
'11
8:41 a.m.
This whole discussion is reminding me of Wadler's Law of Language Design [1], it's nice to see that in 15 years things haven't changed much! WADLER'S LAW OF LANGUAGE DESIGN In any language design, the total time spent discussing a feature in this list is proportional to two raised to the power of its position. 0. Semantics 1. Syntax 2. Lexical syntax 3. Lexical syntax of comments [1] http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~curry,/listarchive/0017.html