| ▲ | chrisweekly 6 days ago |
| I know it's all at least semi- tongue-in-cheek, but IRL a piano's discrete, sequential keys are what make it almost inarguably the easiest instrument to learn. |
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| ▲ | IshKebab 6 days ago | parent [-] |
| That's exactly his point. Languages aren't easier to learn simply because their specification is short, any more than instruments are easier to play because they have fewer strings. |
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| ▲ | jibal 6 days ago | parent [-] | | The analogy is completely invalid. Languages with small specifications are easier to learn. It's sad that the dev, who has done great work, has to spend time defending the C language from critters living under a bridge when it's a fixed element that isn't going to change. | | |
| ▲ | chrisweekly 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Accusing people who disagree w/ you of being trolls doesn't bolster your argument. | | |
| ▲ | jibal 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Speaking of weak arguments: that wasn't the basis of the accusation. |
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| ▲ | thijson 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | People don't argue with a carpenter over what tools were used to build a piece of furniture. It feels like a religious debate. | |
| ▲ | IshKebab 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Languages with small specifications are easier to learn. Only if all other things are equal, which they never are. |
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