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This objection -- "but bad programmers will make a mess of it" -- is the stock objection everybody makes to every unorthodox programming construct. Since it is
by gruseom 15y ago
This objection -- "but bad programmers will make a mess of it" -- is the stock objection everybody makes to every unorthodox programming construct. Since it is an objection to everything, it is an objection to nothing.
- michaelochurch 15y agoThis is why I like strong static typing. Instead of bad programmers making a mess of the language, the compiler makes a mess of them. (I'm half-joking, since there are a variety of bad programmers and not all are of the "can't get code to compile" variety. Actually, the most dangerous bad programmers are the high-IQ bad programmers, but that's another rant. Still, I think it's true that the discipline enforced by languages like ML and Haskell turns a lot of bad programmers away.)
- andrewflnr 15y agoJust because people overuse it doesn't mean it isn't true sometimes. I don't know if there's a name for that fallacy, but it definitely is one.
- gruseom 15y agoThat what isn't true? That bad programmers will make a mess? Of course that's true. But if you can't show how and why it's more true of construct X than in general, you've said nothing. Meanwhile, it sounds like you've made a serious objection to X when you haven't.