Re: The end to all language wars and the great unity API to come!

rantingrick <rantingr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But why must we have
completely different languages just for that those two approaches?

Because monocultures die.

Because having broader diversity leads to more evolutionary leaps.

Because the implementations are so fundamentally different.

Because the people who ACTUALLY WROTE THE LANGUAGES wanted to explore
different implementations.

Because the people who ACTUALLY WROTE THE LANGUAGES wanted to explore
different syntax & semantics.

Because learning different approaches expands your appreciation of &
informs your understanding of both.
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