/Language Design

A Response To Hello World

- Caleb Doxsey tl;dr: A response to the post above, Caleb argues that decreasing syscalls in a "Hello World" program results in "imperceptible performance improvement" while extra syscalls can provide value. Pursuing "software minimalism" doesn't always lead to improvements.

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What Makes Python A Great Language?

- Steve Dower tl;dr: Steve believes that Python's has an "incredibly well-balanced sense of what developers need to know." Examples of what this means are highlighted throughout. 

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The Philosophies Of Software Languages, From Plankalkül To C

- Adam Zachary Wasserman

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