[paulhodge]

If there's multiple ways to do the same thing that's usually a BAD thing in terms of language design. Especially if some approaches are just newbie traps that experts learn to avoid, or if deciding the best method is a really subtle context-dependent decision. The ideal design is that the language encourages the one obviously "good" way to do it.

[ako]

I'm not aware of any general purpose programming language that doesn't have multiple ways to achieve a specific goal. Can you give an example of language with good design?