Re: scheme [Re: What does an anti-perl look like]

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From: Raul Rockwell
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 06:51

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Rich Skrenta:
   Scheme seems to share much of its syntax with Lisp, which tends to
   be a "write only" language.  Languages in which it is often easier
   to scrap a function and write it from scratch than to debug it
   don't earn high marks among those who have to maintain code for a
   living.

"Write only" languages tend to be ones you don't understand.

Programmers who can't debug programs don't earn high marks in
anybody's book (except, perhaps, their own).  [And an inability to
debug in an interactive environment suggests a severe lack of
discipline.]

-- 
Raul <rockwell@socrates.umd.edu>

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