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by ethbro 3386 days ago
And in x86 at least, even the assembly gets sliced and diced behind the scenes.

There have been comments to the same effect on HN before, but I look at language design as an API between humans and computers. Computers need as strict rules on how to execute a thing as possible: humans need something comprehensible. The ideal language finds ways you can increase the former without decreasing the latter (in ways they notice).