What Makes A Programming Language Good

[Simen kjaeraas]

Vladimir Panteleev <vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote:

>> - I must stress that having a shared community-wide style to write D  
>> code helps a lot when you want to use in your program modules written  
>> by other people. Otherwise your program looks like a patchwork of  
>> wildly different styles.
>
> I assume you mean naming conventions and not actual code style  
> (indentation etc.)

Likely he meant more than that. At least such is the impression I've
had before. I am not vehemently opposed to such an idea, and I definitely
agree that naming conventions should be observed, but I have at times had
the impression that bearophile wants all aspects of code to be controlled
by such a coding style.


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Simen