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 ;)
