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Verbosity leaves me on the edge as well. But then I look at the promise of what Ada brings. It would mean trading in a bit more writing time for a possibility o
by Keyframe 10y ago
Verbosity leaves me on the edge as well. But then I look at the promise of what Ada brings. It would mean trading in a bit more writing time for a possibility of a lot less debugging time.
- fghgfdfg 10y agoAnecdotally, it's vastly reduced debugging time in my own personal projects. My most notable problems have all turned out to be the result of things like using the wrong input, or misunderstanding some external spec. At first it was actually a little unnerving that things weren't breaking, but with time I've come to expect that. I came from C++, where I always joked that if things appeared to work correctly the first time around something serious was broken. It's not free though. You do end up spending more time getting the compiler to actually accept your code. With time I've gotten much better at this, although at first it could be quite a fight. But a compiler error is so much nicer than a bug, so I do think it's very worth it. And when it comes to coding, how long it takes to type is pretty irrelevant as long as you can type half decently. Typing the code is really the easiest part.