You can't compare language features, only languages
- Posted by ghaberek (admin) Nov 19, 2014
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Here's an interesting blog article I came across today. It's a short read and worth the time. It certainly applies to a lot of the discussion around here lately.
http://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/you-cant-compare-language-features-only-languages/
Luke Plant said...
Language features exist within the context of a language and everything surrounding that language. It seems to me that attempts to analyse them outside that context simply lead to false generalisations.
Of course, being really concrete and talking about specific languages often ends up even more personal, which has its own pitfalls! Is there a good way forward?
-Greg
