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drothlis on Sept 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: More information on Google's new web language, Das...

Choice of syntax affects how easy it will be to create tools for the language (IDE syntax highlighting, code browsing/navigation, automated refactoring, etc). There is still plenty of room (and need!) for improvement, for innovation. At the other extreme, imagine a world where every language used C++'s syntax.

mibbit on Sept 10, 2011 [–]

Imagine a world where instead of writing books, authors spent forever needlessly inventing new languages to write them in.

gnaritas on Sept 10, 2011 | [–]

They already do both; have you not ever read Lord of the Rings?

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