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Comment Re:Poor Alan Kay (Score 1) 200

it does a reasonable job of "good enough" on all three fronts, and that is what has made it so enduringly popular over the last few decades.

Well put. Real science and engineering often necessitates a compromise of multiple incongruent requirements. For a tool, such as a programming language, the proof is in the pudding, as programmers will usually default to the best tool for the job. I am not a programmer. Is there an alternative language that does a better job meeting the three criteria indicated?

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