Topic: Why is it important to have small concise languages to write computer programs?
Anonymous A started this discussion 12 years ago #36,355
Well?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 52 seconds later[^] [v] #496,165
Because by nature, computer programs use only a small set of functions and concepts over and over in different ways.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #496,166
@previous (B)
That sounds very unimaginative of them.
Anonymous B replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #496,167
@previous (C)
They need to be concise because they exist only for a specific purpose, and any superfluous code slows down computing.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 5 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #496,194
@496,165 (B)
This. Dat assembly.
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