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A wide array of quality of life changes to Java. > The fact that things are shorter to declare doesn't make it better. This is debatable. In fact, shorter cod
by ionforce 9y ago
A wide array of quality of life changes to Java.
> The fact that things are shorter to declare doesn't make it better.
This is debatable. In fact, shorter code could (but not always, of course) mean less room for error and more room to hold higher abstractions. Boilerplate is a less efficient use of cognitive energy.
- jakub_g 9y agoAgreed, with an exception of magic non-standard out-of-context characters (#$=%>^<) with non-intuitive language-specific meanings; see bash, perl, angular... I prefer short textual keywords 99% of the time