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Ask HN: What makes a programming language “elegant”?

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Post by mihird9 » Fri, May 19, 2023, 4:00 PM UTC

I have seen different individuals refer to the same programming language as elegant as well as inelegant.

According to you what makes a programming language "elegant"?

Can you give some examples?

Re: Ask HN: What makes a programming language “elegant”?

Post by tboyd47 » Fri, May 19, 2023, 4:32 PM UTC

Elegant is something you understand correctly and completely without much effort.