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Well even your examples... * two's complement is the best general purpose way (tradeoffs!) * static typing leads to fewer bugs (but makes development slower -

Well even your examples... * two's complement is the best general purpose way (tradeoffs!) * static typing leads to fewer bugs (but makes development slower - tradeoffs) * length prefixes are better than sentinels - but the largest system language uses sentinels for strings (because prefixes are not actually always better, be and sentinels were deemed better by its creators)

IshKebab 2y ago
> general purpose way (tradeoffs!) Not really I was more hedging against HN pedantry... > but makes development slower - tradeoffs No it doesn't. It makes development faster! > because prefixes are not actually always better, be and sentinels were deemed better by its creators Because they got it wrong.