phiofx@danjac yes, the vast prior art of older languages is both a curse and a blessing.
discussing the real advantages of new takes is subtle enough, but weighing these against the benefit of reusing existing know-how for both current and future projects is very tricky. in applied maths this is the problem of subtracting two large numbers (catastrophic cancellation): your result is unstable, very sensitive to assumptions
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