Re: A Brief Look at History

On Mar 15, 12:17 am, John Doty <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> If that weakness is more than balanced by some other superior
> strength, should one fail to exploit that strength in the name of
> "thoughtful oversight"?

The same could be said of programming languages: If a weakness is more
than balanced by some other superior strength, should one fail to
exploit that strength in the name of making the language more
appealing to "ordinary programmers"?