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> I'm not sure if it's politically correct to say this, but, e.g., it's entirely possible that particularly meticulous coders are both more likely to select a s
by luord 7y ago
> I'm not sure if it's politically correct to say this, but, e.g., it's entirely possible that particularly meticulous coders are both more likely to select a strong, statically typed functional language
I don't think you need to worry; this isn't "politically incorrect". It's just wrong.
Agree with what you said afterwards, though: Meticulous coders probably are less likely to write bugs. But that will be true regardless of the languages they choose or prefer.
- mumblemumble 7y ago> It's just wrong. It's something everyone has a strong opinion on, but nobody's ever really figured out how to measure. Leaving it a subject that's still firmly in the province of conjecture. Typically self-affirming conjecture. Me, I like dynamic languages, but, given that this subject is pretty much a complete knowledge vacuum, populated only by occasional iffy, easily criticized studies like the one in question, I'm inclined to say that the only position that offers any decent chance of not being informed primarily by confirmation bias is to assume that, for the most part, none of us has any firm idea what they're talking about. Least of all oneself.