From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm at mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:37:03 -0800 Subject: [COFF] What languges would you like to learn? In-Reply-To: <9DDB7EE9-8E8E-4083-BB36-B15CD784FC3C@pobox.com> References: <9DDB7EE9-8E8E-4083-BB36-B15CD784FC3C@pobox.com> Message-ID: <20191226213703.GN3839@mcvoy.com> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 07:28:27AM +1000, David Arnold wrote: > C++ is several different languages in one compiler. Bingo, well said. I find kitchen sink languages like that awful. It's not what you put in, it's what you don't let in. As you said, it takes a lot of discipline to use the right subset which makes you wonder why there isn't a language that is the right subset.