[Fwd: Re: Laws and the law]

[Jeff Bone]

Paul Prescod wrote:

> Easy to comprehend.

This is just the kind of loosey-goosey, subjective, unmeasurable claptrap
I'd expect from Paul.  ;-)  Fine, maybe that's what he means by "simple."
I'm for a more measurable definition.  Take your pick of any of:  function
point expressivity, code-size complexity measures on example algorithms,
etc.

jb

>
>
> > "Pang, Hokkun" wrote:
> >
> > sorry for jumping in... but what does 'simple' mean in this context?
> >
> > > Similarly, a programming language designer CANNOT create a (useful)
> > language such
> > > that all programs in that language are simple.
>
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