From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: "Usability" (was Re: Map iteration and modification)
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 21:21:30 -0400
Organization: Adalog
Message-ID: <uncuas$qe2g$1@dont-email.me>
References: <umjukd$9sp$1@rasp.pasdenom.info>
 <umjuvc$9sp$2@rasp.pasdenom.info> <umk6ds$e9hc$1@dont-email.me>
 <umldsq$na79$1@dont-email.me> <umm4r5$ppag$1@dont-email.me>
 <umogc5$173bb$1@dont-email.me> <umotm2$18lqm$1@dont-email.me>
 <un2jeb$330jr$1@dont-email.me> <un3bg9$35mhv$1@dont-email.me>
 <un5asc$3hsqb$1@dont-email.me> <un64o3$3krch$1@dont-email.me>
 <un7nqe$3rs9n$1@dont-email.me> <unafcg$bpv5$7@dont-email.me>
 <unatt5$h6sp$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 01:21:32 -0000 (UTC)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7af64e88f7c910a31461b209e4478334";
	logging-data="866384"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+yg2iIeDxzn/O4aetZZTbq"
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:eqVA2NkdQavxotHlWx4q8ZrJpy8=
In-Reply-To: <unatt5$h6sp$1@dont-email.me>
Content-Language: en-US, fr
Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:65969
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Le 06/01/2024 à 03:03, Randy Brukardt a écrit :
> Usability is of course not just ease-of-writing, but a lot of people tend to
> co-mingle the two. For readability, too little information can be just as
> bad as too much. For writability, the less you have to write, the better.
> 
Yes, I'm always surprised to see many languages (including Rust) 
praising themselves of being "concise". Apart from saving some 
keystrokes, I fail to see the benefit of being concise...

-- 
J-P. Rosen
Adalog
2 rue du Docteur Lombard, 92441 Issy-les-Moulineaux CEDEX
https://www.adalog.fr https://www.adacontrol.fr