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by fractalb 1512 days ago
> In fact simplicity means you can't describe hard problems easily without being overly verbose, which means more code and more attack surfaces.

Hence simplicity is not a desirable goal. We need to create complex languages so that fewer people can understand and use it in a few projects and write very less code. Less code means less bugs. ‘Complex’ is the way to go. /s