3 ms·
This logic transpiles(TM) to this in my brain: a) I am messing around and need to write 10 lines of code. Can I write it fast and without thinking? Sure and not
by FpUser 7y ago
This logic transpiles(TM) to this in my brain:
a) I am messing around and need to write 10 lines of code. Can I write it fast and without thinking? Sure and not needing to type int/float/whatever will save me couple of seconds. If I iterate and rewrite that short piece 10 times then I just saved 20 seconds. Chirp chirp ... . Do I need special language for just that? Lemme guess ...
b) I am messing around and need to write few hundred or thousands lines of code. Can I write it fast? Maybe but it is likely that good chunk of time will be spent thinking. I doubt that at this point not declaring type will save anything worth noticing.
But that of course is my opinion
- camjohnson26 7y agoTyping speed is only one constraint that type systems enforce. They also make it much slower to change input or output data from functions. I tend to use dynamic languages for projects between 100-500 loc and usually I’m not really sure what the final design will look like so need to try a lot of different ideas as fast as possible.