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What's worse than a blanket assertion that one language is hands down better than another? Defending that assertion with trite infographics and limp analogies.
by EponymousCoward 15y ago
What's worse than a blanket assertion that one language is hands down better than another? Defending that assertion with trite infographics and limp analogies.
If you're in a technical leadership role and convinced that Scala is better than Java then run your team on Scala and take a quantitative look at the results - bugs, developer happiness, velocity, etc - all the myriad dimensions of development.
Anything else is just anecdotal, an assertion, fluff.
- huherto 15y ago...Or you can tell the story of your own experience which may be useful. But I agree with you there are many generalizations in the article and it is presented in away that almost seems scientific.
- fogus 15y agobetter than another? Where did I say that? This post was about complexity curves observed during my experience. I can say I like Scala better than Java, but I wouldn't assert that is indicative of anything that you should believe. Decide for yourself. (although it sounds like you might have already) Anything else is just anecdotal, an assertion, fluff. And what are the measurements that you describe? They're certain not science. But yes you're right that this is anecdotal. That was the entire point.