From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/15/2025 10:22 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:48:14 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >   
   >> In general I like the idea of writing code in a way that does not   
   >> require the reader to have memorized ten thousand things from the   
   >> language spec.   
   >   
   > What language spec has room for ten thousand things in it, anyway?   
      
   > ... oh, Java.   
      
   Language specs for modern languages tend to be pretty big.   
      
   Java 21 is 872 pages (no library)   
   C 23 is 761 pages (basic library)   
   C++ 11 is 1334 pages (basic library)   
   Fortran 2018 is 646 pages (basic library)   
   Cobol 2014 is 923 pages (basic library)   
   Ada 2012 is 951 pages (basic library)   
   C# 6.0 is 639 pages (no library)   
      
   Arne   
      
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