I think certain decisions, like ditching inheritance, were very much informed by the last 20 years of language 'advances'.
They certainly got some things wrong (null for example, and errors aren't great, generic collections would be nice), but it's quite interesting just how much they left out while making a very usable (IMO) language.
I don't want advances and progress in a programming language, I want it to get out of the way and let me think.
They certainly got some things wrong (null for example, and errors aren't great, generic collections would be nice), but it's quite interesting just how much they left out while making a very usable (IMO) language.
I don't want advances and progress in a programming language, I want it to get out of the way and let me think.