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But if we consider as the main result that the total effect of language choice is less than 1%, even "looking at noise" means looking at an effect of 0, and eit
by pron 7y ago
But if we consider as the main result that the total effect of language choice is less than 1%, even "looking at noise" means looking at an effect of 0, and either way, the effect is tiny to nonexistent. So if someone had the hypothesis that the effect of language choice is large, because lack of evidence of a big effect is evidence of lack of one, this study is some evidence against such a hypothesis. That this finding agrees with the observations in the industry lends it even more credence.
- jrumbut 7y agoIf I were sitting on a thing that could decrease bugs 1% I'd be really excited. The only reason this looks like a paltry reduction is that it's hugely expensive and difficult to change languages midstream. This is evidence against a shop retraining C++ devs in Haskell (which I'm sure someone somewhere wants to do). But if it was something like switching editor fonts? I'd do it for 1%.
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