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You know how when you first start learning to code, the kids who really "get it" right away start off thinking shorter code = smarter code = better code? k alw
by gipp 3y ago
You know how when you first start learning to code, the kids who really "get it" right away start off thinking shorter code = smarter code = better code?
k always seemed like a bunch of those kids managed to become highly accomplished and brilliant engineers without ever breaking that terrible habit. Is there actually a reason to write these array languages (and interpreters for them, apparently) this way, or is it just a cultural difference?
- steveBK123 3y agoless code less bug
- tom_ 3y agoAn occasional HN poster did a presentation a few years ago about his compiler, written in a similar sort of style: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13638086 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13638086
- lmm 3y ago> k always seemed like a bunch of those kids managed to become highly accomplished and brilliant engineers without ever breaking that terrible habit. Is there actually a reason to write these array languages (and interpreters for them, apparently) this way, or is it just a cultural difference? They're more readable and less buggy that way. But unfortunately most programmers would rather spend 10 days reading 100,000 lines than 4 days reading 1,000 lines.