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This comment is highly presumptuous about the actual development experience of more modern languages and tools. > True speed comes when you don't have to deal

This comment is highly presumptuous about the actual development experience of more modern languages and tools. > True speed comes when you don't have to deal with other people's bugs and poorly designed mistakes. PHP is often, in practice, a language where bugs are more likely compared to these "stylish" other languages you mention. [0] [0] http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3130000/3126905/p91-ray.pdf?ip=145.101.26.2&id=3126905&acc=OPEN&key=4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E6D218144511F3437&__acm__=1528037845_92f2ee56011a02c692b945e24d849abb http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3130000/3126905/p91-ray.pdf?... " For [languages] with positive coefficients we can expect that the language is associated with a greater number of defect fixes. These languages include C, C++, Objective-C, Php, and Python. The languages Clojure, Haskell, Ruby, and Scala, all have negative coefficients implying that these languages are less likely than average to result in defect fixing commits."

vonseel 8y ago
I wonder why Ruby ended up in the negative coefficient group instead of exhibiting similar characteristics to Python, for example.
- hellofunk 8y ago
  It's quite an interesting study to read, and not long. I recommend giving it a few minutes to answer that question.
  - vonseel 8y ago
    Thanks, assumed it would be too academic or technical to understand and didn’t look at it. Will check now.. Actually, the link is not working on mobile. Maybe it will work on my desktop.
    - Volt 8y ago
      Try this permalink instead: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905
Shoue 8y ago
I wish they included Haskell in the concurrency bugs section, given how popular Software Transactional Memory – which eliminates many concurrency bugs – is there.
hellofunk 8y ago
It's too late for me to edit my comment, but here is the proper link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905

vonseel 8y ago

I wonder why Ruby ended up in the negative coefficient group instead of exhibiting similar characteristics to Python, for example.

hellofunk 8y ago
It's quite an interesting study to read, and not long. I recommend giving it a few minutes to answer that question.
- vonseel 8y ago
  Thanks, assumed it would be too academic or technical to understand and didn’t look at it. Will check now.. Actually, the link is not working on mobile. Maybe it will work on my desktop.
  - Volt 8y ago
    Try this permalink instead: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905

Shoue 8y ago

I wish they included Haskell in the concurrency bugs section, given how popular Software Transactional Memory – which eliminates many concurrency bugs – is there.

hellofunk 8y ago

It's too late for me to edit my comment, but here is the proper link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3126905