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> I didn't get why fewer lines of code is better. There have been a few studies showing that bugs-per-line-of-code is pretty consistent from language to langua

• shaunsingh0207 4y ago
  I'd bet rust is an outlier in that, a lot of languages require more code to do the same things, as a result of being simpler langs (lua). a lot of langs are very easy to shoot yourself with, more lines means more oppurtinity to shoot yourself. In rust though, that 30 line python script probably takes 45 lines to write now. But those 15 lines aren't wasted or because of longer logic, rather those lines are used to convey type information its not "more lines = more bugs" as it is "most languages don't put more lines to good use"
  • planetis 4y ago
    I would find it easier to believe if 1. there was a sample, 2. you claimed that the extra 15 lines are just {} indentation. Btw here is the same build script in nim https://github.com/planetis-m/raylib-game-template/blob/master/build_android.nims https://github.com/planetis-m/raylib-game-template/blob/mast... and in python https://gist.github.com/planetis-m/a437db724185215910a59c3b31d1cdf4 https://gist.github.com/planetis-m/a437db724185215910a59c3b3... Which is shorter/more readable? Note I could have used f-strings for both, I just don't like how they are rendered in my editor.
• Ygg2 4y ago
  Correlation is not causation. E.g. more cells means more cancer per 100k cells, right? Incorrect. Different species have different rates of cancer.