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Less is more: language features (2015)

2 magarnicle 1 5/15/2025, 12:46:50 AM blog.ploeh.dk ↗

Comments (1)

magarnicle · 11h ago

I think he's on to something with his overall argument, but I'm not sure about his list of redundant features.