On Fri, 10 May 2013 19:04:31 -0400
"Jonathan M Davis" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Friday, May 10, 2013 14:31:00 H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > As they say in information theory: it is the stuff that stands out,
> > that is different from the rest, that carries the most information.
> > The stuff that's pretty much repeated every single time conveys
> > very little information.
> 
> This is an excellent way of looking at language design (and program
> design for that matter).
> 

Not to mention data compression ;)

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