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Another reason is the use of dynamically typed languages. In Java/C++ many categories of bugs would not compile, but for today's JS/python you need an order of
by frozenport 10y ago
Another reason is the use of dynamically typed languages. In Java/C++ many categories of bugs would not compile, but for today's JS/python you need an order of magnitude more unit tests. Now you got a pike of crap that's even harder to refactor.
- arenaninja 10y agoI agree. The speed of development in PHP can be great, but good luck convincing developers who haven't used anything else that using the type system would cut down a number of common bugs, or that the responsibility of this or that should be elsewhere
- ljw1001 10y agoYeah, it's the curse of Java that it takes longer to get something working, but it more than makes up the time in maintenance. No one can think far enough ahead to care about maintenance.