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As slow as they are, this is why interpreted languages are far better for development than anything compiled, there's no time spent waiting minutes for the damn
by moffkalast 3y ago
As slow as they are, this is why interpreted languages are far better for development than anything compiled, there's no time spent waiting minutes for the damn thing to recompile for making a one line change.
- 082349872349872 3y agoYou might be surprised. At a gig I had a year or two ago, development was in python, but all the ceremony around the build process meant that I got surprised comments from colleagues upon managing to merge a trivial change the same day as the bug had been opened...
- pards 3y agoThe trade off isn't that simple, though. Interpreted languages typically require many more test cases to verify the scenarios that a compiler normally catches.