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Warp wrote:
> Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieee org> wrote:
>> Now you know how lots of people feel when they have to learn UNIX
>> (command line). At some point, you just tell them, "Hey, that's the way
>> it is. Weird, obscure, but works, and doesn't really get in your way
>> once you know it".
>
> The difference is that unix is 43 years old and there were no established
> conventions back then.
>
> If you develop a new programming language today, there should be a good
> reason why you go against general conventions. Making it different just for
> the sake of being different is not smart.
Perhaps you're forgetting that Haskell is also 20 years old?
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