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by thradams 847 days ago
I think at "Keep the language small and simple" it should say avoid "two ways of doing something"

( The sample I have is 0, NULL and nullptr where nullptr is something new. Two ways of doing something makes the language complex. )

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Yeah, we didn't copy that one over precisely because it was kind of a blocker to introducing replacements for outdated design.

But I think it can be weaseled into that principle. Thanks!