On 07/17/18 11:00, Ryan Joseph wrote:
On Jul 17, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Jim Lee <jle...@gmail.com> wrote: Likewise, "modern" programming languages are all converging on a common feature set, like cultural cross-pollination.if that’s our mindset then how do we account for times when we’ve actually identified a common pattern that a language feature could address? I’m thinking of things like methods in records, for..in loops etc… that made it into the language and are widely adopted and enjoyed. Regards, Ryan Joseph _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Well, if we keep with the cultural parallel, in all cultures people must eat, sleep, drink, be born and die, etc. There are a number of commonalities simply because all involve humans. My point is that a language should not adopt a feature simply because it is useful in another language. It has to fit the spirit of the language as well.
Be careful of thinking that "useful" means "I can do the same thing in language X in the same way I do it in language Y". Eventually, X == Y.
-Jim _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
