From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-09-07T01:39:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby aesthetics

Hi,

In message "Re: Ruby aesthetics"
    on 02/09/06, William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@y.glue.umd.edu> writes:

|I prefer the minimalist way because it reduces the programmer's mind
|burden (less keywords to remember) and it makes codes more consistent.

That's the point.  I guess you don't have any problem of equivalence
with your language (in this case, English). Natural languages have so
many equivalence.  They even encourage alternatives.  The existence of
thesaurus is a good proof.  Then, why equivalences in the artificial
langauge bothers you?

In my opiniton, the bit amount in your brain saved by eliminating
equivalence is next to nothing.  Human brain can handle these
equivalences very easily, unless they cause exponential combination
explosion.

|In a previous response you wrote that you also like Python.  May I know
|which features of Python that you like?

All of them.  I like it because it is a programming language.  I like
all programming languages, especially good ones.

							matz.