From: Lyndon Samson Date: 2005-04-28T02:45:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Re ANN: A new scripting language Tao 0.9.0 beta released! On 4/28/05, Earl Grieda wrote: > > "Donal K. Fellows" wrote in message > news:d4nmjp$2eb1$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk... > > Fu Limin wrote: > > > Honest saying, I didn't intend to draw people from other languages, I > > > was just trying to implement a language in a way that I think it > > > should be, and provide people another option. Of course, there will > > > be some features in Tao will not be available in PHP, e.g., built-in > > > types for numerical computation, as pointed out by Ara.T.Howard. > > > > In what ways is your language distinctive? How does developing your own > > language (as opposed to making stronger one of the languages whose > > newsgroups you've posted to) make the sum of human experience richer? > > And do any of these observations/questions below help you explain these > > larger matters? :^) > > > > Yes, my personal opinion is we need less languages, not more. This industry > has developed a Tower of Babel and it is hindering us in productivity. > Yes, a single implementation of a turning machine made by IBM and offerring Time Division Multiplexing should be adequate for all foreseeable computing tasks... > -- Into RFID? www.rfidnewsupdate.com Simple, fast, news.