Pearson eText for Concepts of Programming Languages -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Pearson eText for Concepts of Programming Languages -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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Suggestion on the language designed by committee:

It may be a bad idea to get a language designed by a committee because of the following reasons:

  • Involvement of so many people in a language design may result in a bad design.
    • Every person would have their own opinion on how the program should behave once it is executed, syntax followed, and so on.
  • History has proven time and again that languages like ALGOL 68, PL/I and Ada are all designed by committees.
    • These did not fulfill the expectations of a good programming design that could have been scaled.
  • Most of the successful languages were raised, rather than planned and designed.
    • This means that when there are lots of people using it for development purposes, they come up with extensions and requirements on their own.
    • These lead to development of APIs, usable functions enhancements, and so on.
  • Even though different opinions, suggestions and feature additions are benefit to the language design, often proposals from one group or person can get rejected by others...

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