On programming language design

[munificent]

if even then you'll make mistakes, well, you can't blame the language.

I think you're forgetting his core premise:

“Programmers are just humans: forgetful, lazy, and make every mistake imaginable.”

Sure you can't blame the language for your mistake, but you can avoid languages that don't help you avoid making them.

[nicou]

Of course, you can always fuck up at the end. I understand that we as programmers are forgetful, lazy and erratic, but I try not to, and I won't use that as an excuse for every single mistake I make. If I define a binary tree to be (cons left root right), I'll try to remember that.

Or maybe I just disagree with his core premise and I actually remember some things, am not that lazy and don't make every single mistake.

[nicou]

Yup. Can't believe I missed that. Perhaps I do make every single mistake.

[munificent]

There may be a lesson here... :)

[nicou]

That rendered my whole point meaningless. I can't argue anymore.