I guess the argument is orthogonality. It is a desirable property in programming...

majewsky on March 1, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: C preprocessor tips and tricks

I guess the argument is orthogonality. It is a desirable property in programming languages to not have overlapping features, because people will always be confused about when to use which (the classic example being pointers vs. references in C++).