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Re: Emacs history, and "Is Emacs difficult to learn?"
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Rustom Mody |
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Re: Emacs history, and "Is Emacs difficult to learn?" |
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Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:52:31 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Thursday, August 1, 2013 10:03:28 PM UTC+5:30, Barry Margolin wrote:
> For instance, by removing features related to pointers, you can get a
> language that makes buffer overflows very unlikely.
Nice example!
I maintain two FP-related lists:
a. A 'lost booty' of features list
http://blog.languager.org/2012/10/functional-programming-lost-booty.html
b. FP invades the mainstream list
http://blog.languager.org/2013/06/functional-programming-invades.html
If there are more examples to be added (as you will see majority come from
lisp) please let me know!
> While it may not make it "more powerful", it may make it more likely to
> produce correct programs.
Well...
Its true as a fact but not so good as an attitude.
In my experience people get driven away by even a faint whiff of (what Hughes
calls) monkishness.
How to kid the kids into liking spinach is always a challenge for Momma!
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- Re: Emacs history, and "Is Emacs difficult to learn?", Stefan Monnier, 2013/08/01
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