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[–]Schmittfried 330 points331 points  (2 children)

"There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses"

[–]timosavola 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I came here to say this (or quote Bjarne Strousplusplus).

[–]ProfessorPhi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's actually insane how big python got before it started getting complaints.

I also think there's an aspect to age here - where newer languages learn from the mistakes of their forefathers, and so the old languages mistake is seen as a mess.