what is the definition of new programming language

[Bruce Adams]

0ffh Wrote:

> Bruce Adams wrote:
> > Antti Holvikari Wrote:
> > 
> >> I feel exactly like you. It's hard to explain why. All this syntactic
> >>  sugar just confuses me. Feature after feature, and a 1000 ways to do
> >>  everything.
> >> 
> > I have a preferred strategy for games like chess. Prefer moves that give
> >  you more options over moves that restrict you. 1000 choices is a good 
> > thing. Otherwise, you're shoehorned into writing something in a way that
> >  doesn't always work well.
> 
> It is like cybernetician Heinz von Försters "Imperative":
> "Always act in such a manner as to maximise your future possibilities."
> 
> But note that we are talking abount /semantic/ choices, not /syntactic/!
> 
> Perl is such a fupped language, because it's cluttered with syntactic
> choices that do not only /fail to enrich/ its semantics, but do even
> /obstruct/ elegant and meaningful additions to it.
> 
> Regards, Frank

Let me put that another way. If all you have is a hammer....
everything looks like a nail.
I want the whole tool box.