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To me orthogonal only applies to solutions (algorithms etc.) and not to the language the solutions are implemented in.

Take one large step back. Designing a programming language is just another problem. Perl and Python are just two solutions, with Perl being the least orthogonal of the two.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: (FoxUni) Re: (OT) On Orthogonality
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 17, 2002 at 16:31 UTC
    Designing a programming language is just another problem.

    Agreed, so there are parts of the implementation of that language that are orthogonal to some other parts and parts that arent. But aspects of the language created will be orthogonal with respect to others depending on how they are used.

    To me what you just said is "Designing a truck is just another problem. Fords and GMs are just two solutions..."

    Again maybe ive missed something but you havent explained what it is.... :-)

    Hmm, on reflection maybe people mean

    Language X has more features that are orthogonal with respect to its other features than language Y.

    Is that what you mean?

    Yves / DeMerphq
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