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Yep! This talk captures it pretty darn well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7LcbGZFuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7LcbGZFuo Besides that, the compiler
by rashkov 6y ago
Yep! This talk captures it pretty darn well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7LcbGZFuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7LcbGZFuo
Besides that, the compiler becomes a partner in coding.
- Refactoring things is no longer something I avoid, because the compiler will point out any unexpected places that interact with a given piece of code.
- I can code for an hour without loading the app, and be reasonably certain that the code I'm writing will be more or less be correct.
Overall, I feel like the compiler does the double-checking and second-guessing that I was always doing in the back of my head, which gives some peace of mind and frees me up to focus on the actual task.
- donut2d 6y agoYeah! I'll code for days without running the app. In OCaml, it's as you say, mostly correct when I actually get around to running it. With PHP/JS, I still have a lot of work ahead of me. With OCaml I feel like I'm thinking much more about the problem and less about the language I'm using.