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Feb 5, 2022 at 06:34
"Minus 100 points", an article on deciding how to add features C#, remains one of the best introduction to PL design principles I've seen: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ericgu/minus-100-points (Design is hard, combinatorial complexity grows easily, saying "no" needs to be a default.)
Minus 100 points
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