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If people are unfamiliar with the "blub" programming language, you can read more here: https://wiki.c2.com/?BlubParadox

Here is Paul Graham's original essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

To quote Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer)): << Graham considers a hypothetical Blub programmer. When the programmer looks down the "power continuum", they consider the lower languages to be less powerful because they miss some feature that a Blub programmer is used to. But when they look up, they fail to realise that they are looking up: they merely see "weird languages" with unnecessary features and assumes they are equivalent in power, but with "other hairy stuff thrown in as well". When Graham considers the point of view of a programmer using a language higher than Blub, he describes that programmer as looking down on Blub and noting its "missing" features from the point of view of the higher language. >>

In my experience, it sounds like a very cool idea, until the first time you see someone programming DirectX using Excel/VBA. (Yes, it can be done.) My point: When you see someone using a "dumb" language (in your humble view), first ask if you are ignoring a Chesterson's Fence! For the avoidance of doubt, no, I am not seriously suggesting it is a good idea to program DirectX using Excel/VBA in 2022.



The mistake is thinking that blub paradox is one dimensional.




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