Should Programming Languages Be Safe or Powerful?
Should Programming Languages Be Safe or Powerful?
lambdaland.org Should Programming Languages be Safe or Powerful?
Should a programming language be powerful and let a programmer do a lot, or should it be safe and protect the programmer from bad mistakes? Contrary to what the title insinuates, these are not diametrically opposed attributes. Nevertheless, this is the mindset that underlies notions such as, “macros...
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Yea
Entire article is sophistry based around the author's definition of powerful.
Tldr: Haskell and C are equally powerful because they handle different problems. In effect, all languages are equally powerful which makes the author's essay moot.
Right tool for the job. Sometimes you want performance, sometimes security. You want both, it's gonna be expensive.
¿por que no los dos?