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by Typhon 1980 days ago
The one valid definition of success for a programming language is that it looks pretty and thus the most successful programming language is Piet ( http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html )

I mean, joking aside, it's always fascinating when people can't wrap their minds around the idea that their criteria for success or quality or goodness are subjective and not universal.

1 comments

Piet is lovely and a really creative idea :-) But yeah you are absolutely right.