Simplicity in programming languages

Three examples of languages striving for simplicity: Ruby, Clojure and Ceylon

Lessons of JSON

Also a lesson in simplicity and in standards.

Linguagem sucinta: PicoLisp

Um Lisp minimalista. Funcionando há anos. Usado para aplicações comerciais reais. Com boa performance. E pouquíssimo conhecido.

Perfeito exemplo de linguagem sucinta (ver simplicidade):
. it's tiny
. it's very succinct
. built-in support for web applications
. integrated object-oriented database, with direct bindings between (web) UI widgets and database objects
. actively maintained and improved (around 4 new releases per year, latest release is from Dec 30 2007)
. mostly cross-platform (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Cygwin on Windows). Unfortunately it doesn't have native Windows version.
. open-source (GPL)
(picoLisp - Arc before Arc)

Picolisp

Principal artigo, Pico Lisp A Radical Approach to Application Development

PicoLisp in Rosetta Code

Picolisp in Wikipedia

A comparar com OpenLisp

Performance:
   Picolisp and openlisp: new eval speed champions
   PicoLisp takes the performance crown?

Simplicidade

Simplicidade. Essencial para obter bom resultado, boa perfomance, boa arquitetura. Próxima de abstração. Difícil de se conseguir.

Exemplo de opinião sobre simplicidade: Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity.

Boris Lublinsky falando de Steve Jones sobre simplicidade, Simple IT: SOA Done Right