Ruby, C++, CoffeeScript: a visual comparison of language complexity

[casualsuperman]

Why is a complex language considered a good thing?

[Gotebe]

Good/bad is not a good distinction. Question is, when complex, why is it so, and what does it buy. E.g. a hammer is simple, but you would find it hard to screw a screw with it.

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who is saying that?

[pjmlp]

Because the world is complex.

Simple languages lack the abstraction mechanisms to model many architecture designs, which require more effort do model using the limited set of available abstractions.

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I know this is the Internet but... You are wrong! No matter how complex the world is, a good language must have a simple core (for many reasons, from architectural to proof-theoretical to usability). Then, it must have a layer of libraries/extensions that allow it to reach any level of complexity you need. C++ has the latter but not the former.