On Mar 5, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Stevan Apter wrote:
> temperament, taste, and further imponderable subjectivities. perhaps a
> useful distinction to make is between monoglot and polyglot programmers.
> i'm an extreme case of the former, and you sound like you belong way
> over on the other edge.
Heh, well, I'm largely playing devil's advocate here. My personal opinions
towards this sort of thing are largely the same as your own. I generally
consider myself a Scheme/Joy-pushing monoglot programmer. I do however
have a growing, nasty, type system addiction.
Still, I think there may be some value in permitting these things because
they can be completely translated away. If you don't want to use them,
then don't. No harm done. I think.
- John
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