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49 undergraduate students working independently on a small project over the course of a single week using a previously unseen language with no consideration of
by Deregibus 14y ago
49 undergraduate students working independently on a small project over the course of a single week using a previously unseen language with no consideration of the performance or maintainability of the resulting code. I can't see how there are any meaningful conclusions to be drawn from this study other than "inexperienced programmers find learning new dynamically typed languages easier".
- Xcelerate 14y agoYou seem to be subtly implying something about people that use dynamic languages.
- Deregibus 14y agoNot at all. When learning any new programming language there's going to be a period where you're working by trial and error. Removing compile-time typing generally means less syntax to learn which makes the feedback loop tighter which I would imagine gets you the point of familiarity quicker. The study seems to back that idea, but not much more.