I see a lot of folks unwilling to pick up new languages because of syntax.
it's like choosing a car by break pad presets and whether it has airbags/ABS built in.
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what criteria would you use?
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By what the thing can do, guarantees provided, if runtime how GCs works, metaprogramming,
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isn't "what the thing can do" trivially equivalent due to turing completeness?
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I respectfully bow out of conversations on TC.
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I'm trying to understand what makes languages *different* in your view. 1/
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Languages are, at bottom, able to express the same computation, so that can't be it 2/
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can you say more? 3/3
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I mention some of my criterion here https://twitter.com/deech/status/809883383815929857 … and https://twitter.com/deech/status/809883863384260612 … but I maybe misunderstanding you.
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airbags/ABS is not syntax.
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