Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrenced...@gmail.com>: > On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 4:47:28 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> ... as a rule, I dislike rules. Rule languages tend to >> grow out of all bounds, always remain deficient and have impenetrable, >> ad-hoc semantics. > > That’s a very peculiar thing to say, considering that data-driven > programming is a well-known technique for writing compact code. > > Less code, and in particular, less repetitive code => fewer bugs.
I can't relate to what you say. All I can say is that I've encountered numerous bad cases of rule systems, eg: - iptables - selinux policies - systemd unit files - asterisk - sendmail Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
