A little Py Vs C++

[Paulo Pinto]

On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 19:44:04 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 08:19:56PM +0100, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 18:06:21 UTC, Peter Alexander 
>> wrote:
> [...]
>> >A more interesting comment is this one:
>> >
>> >"But the real problem here is that in order to achieve even 
>> >that,
>> >the complexity and amount of concepts you have to deal with in
>> >C++11 is mind boggling."
>> >
>> >The same is true in D. Well-written D code often does look 
>> >rather
>> >elegant, but the amount of understanding needed to write 
>> >beautiful
>> >D code is staggering.
>> 
>> I have to agree having to deal with lots of concepts.
>
> I don't see it as a problem, unless one is a programmer of the 
> drone
> persuasion. Many of D's concepts are liberatingly powerful, and 
> very
> potent in combination.
>
>
>> On the other hand, except for the programming drones, most D
>> concepts are also available in most mainstream languages.
> [...]
>
> If we want to minimize the number of concepts, we should 
> program using
> Lambda calculus. ;-) We already have lambda-syntax for 
> delegates, after
> all. Now just restrict all statements to only lambda 
> expressions, get
> rid of difficult concepts like arithmetic operators, variables 
> and
> imperative programming, and we have a winner on our hands.
>
> Seriously, though, imagining that one can program effectively 
> without
> learning new concepts is a preposterous proposition to me. I 
> just don't
> understand the unwillingness to learn.
>
>
> T

It is not the unwillingness to learn, rather the standard HR way 
of getting replaceable programming drones in most enterprises.

This was already discussed a few times.

--
Paulo