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I'd say PG's only real error in thinking was to underestimate the premium that enterprise customers place on planned mediocrity.
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
I'd say PG's only real error in thinking was to underestimate the premium that enterprise customers place on planned mediocrity.
- chrisaycock 16y agoJava: write 10 lines where 1 would do.
- redthrowaway 16y agoOnly compared to something like Python. It's slightly more verbose than C++, but not overly longer, on a LOC basis.
- steveklabnik 16y agoMaybe on a purely syntactical level, but culturally, Java seems to embrace verbosity. You don't see C++ programmers making thousand-line XML-based build files, or creating FactorySingletonFactoryVisitors.
- haploid 16y agoActually, yes you do. The original GoF was written with C++ in mind. Plenty of enterprise C++ code embraces heavy use of design patterns.