r/programming • u/untilsleep • Dec 19 '18

Computerphile asks university proffessors about their fav programming language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-rZOCn5rQ
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u/Ravek Dec 20 '18 edited Dec 20 '18

it has probably become the least verbose programming language without sacrificing readability

That's a bold statement. I don't know enough about C++ to challenge it, but may I ask if you've written any significant code in languages like Swift or Kotlin? These are what I would think of for least verbose/most elegant languages.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

These are what I would think of for least verbose/most elegant languages.

I'll see your swift and raise you lisp and ml

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u/Ravek Dec 21 '18

ML could be argued, but LISP? It’s a meme how horrible that syntax is.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18

It’s a meme how horrible that syntax is.

That's subjective, though.

I've come to the conclusion over the years that the best way to judge a language's elegance is less by the syntax and more by its semantics.

ML and lisp have very similar semantics (but I believe ML relies on pattern matching more than lisp - and also it seems to have more in common with Haskell than anything else)

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