Timeline for Are there good reasons to minimize the number of keywords in a language?
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Jul 5, 2023 at 14:29 | comment | added | Pablo H |
Also, replacing keywords with symbols reduces keyword count but not complexity: or vs | vs || , begin vs { , and so on.
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Jul 4, 2023 at 18:12 | comment | added | Koenig Lear | Actually I agree on simplicity. Not necessarily for beginners. FP languages have significantly less keywords. FP experts can write very concise code with less keywords and can move between FP languages very quickly where as the same does not happen for experts in other languages. | |
Jul 4, 2023 at 11:11 | comment | added | Starship | True enough I was thinking more about having more complex things be just a few simple keywords. For example, in real languages, in spanish sheets are basically called "bed clothes". Thats more what I mean @mousetail | |
Jul 4, 2023 at 9:59 | comment | added | mousetail 'he-him' | Languages with few keywords typically compensate by just giving each keyword many meanings. This just makes the language more complex, not simpler | |
Jul 4, 2023 at 9:52 | history | answered | Starship | CC BY-SA 4.0 |