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The breaking point of language usability?The indefatigable Bruce Eckel is learning all about Java generics so he can write about them in a way that explains things to mere mortals. It is clear to me that the Average Joes who have been using Java are going to have their minds blown by such things, and I wonder if Java has taken a large step along the pirate ship plank off to C++-like complexity and confoundedness? Along this vein of thought, advanced functional languages don't get much use in industry and I think people attribute it party to their tougher learning curve. So my question is, at what point have you made a language that regular folks simply won't be willing to learn? And the challenge is, how can languages be designed to give advanced benefits yet hide the complexities? Why can't machines better hide issues like co vs. contra variant type usage (or whatever)? By raould at 2005-12-02 19:32 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 14328 reads
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