On 9/30/11 at 11:01, rnyst...@google.com (Bob Nystrom) wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.com> wrote:
It's future-proof. Rather do less and get it right than over-reach and
regret the stuff that we got wrong.
Ah, that makes sense.
From C.A.R.Hoare's 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture:
"When any new language design project is nearing completion,
there is always a mad rush to get new features added before
standardization. The rush is mad indeed, because it leads into a
trap from which there is no escape. A feature which is omitted
can always be added later, when its design and its implications
are well understood. A feature which is included before it is
fully understood can never be removed later."
Cheers - Bill
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