Well those ideals are pretty subjective, I'd say that the ideal language would be flexible, performant, safe and productive. As those goals conflict with one another, the ideal language would find the perfect balance. I don't know if C has found that balance, but it has had a pretty good run.
Defining sets (enums) and memory access constraints (consts). I wouldn't describe that as high level from a conceptual or practical perspective. Namespaces are simple conceptually but not in practice. The same can be said about the beautiful logical consistency of S-expressions.
Defining sets (enums) and memory access constraints (consts). I wouldn't describe that as high level from a conceptual or practical perspective. Namespaces are simple conceptually but not in practice. The same can be said about the beautiful logical consistency of S-expressions.