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Back then was 2018. Lint dates from the seventies. I doubt it was the first static analysis tool, either.
by buescher 5y ago
Back then was 2018. Lint dates from the seventies. I doubt it was the first static analysis tool, either.
- lamontcg 5y agoIt seems like autofixing linters got popular about 10 years ago? That was when it hit my radar at least, but before that I wasn't really a software dev. Whenever it happened that was a quantum jump in usability.
- 3pt14159 5y agoYou're right. I read 2008 in the post and thought the writer was talking about a time shortly after then. By the late 2010s linters were prevalent.