Re: Larry's Apocalypse 1

[John Porter]

Greg Boug wrote:
> Sometimes a minimalist approach
> is the right way to do it...

If one believes that, wrt programming languages, then one
is opposed to the philosophy of Perl.  Oh well.


> The problem is to make sure when
> using a minimalist approach that you don't make it too small... 

If you don't make it as small as *possible*, regardless of
the practical consequences, then you're not taking a
minimalist approach.


> Oh, and BTW, please define "better"...

That's a secondary issue.


> I'm gonna assume that "better" means "what Larry determines
> to be a useful addition to the language"...

That's not a useful definition, because it would be
tautological.

-- 
John Porter