alt Hacker News> I know people here hate design-by-committee, but historically it's led to some very cohesive languages.
C++ is not cohesive at all
> I know people here hate design-by-committee, but historically it's led to some very cohesive languages.
C++ is not cohesive at all
I didn't say this applies to every committee, but I do think the opposite applies to almost every "try it and see" language.
Examples of cohesive languages designed by committees would be Ada and Haskell.