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30 lines are always going to be easier to read/write/debug than 3000 lines, so it'll probably remain easier (for both humans and machines) to write correct code
by izabera 1y ago
30 lines are always going to be easier to read/write/debug than 3000 lines, so it'll probably remain easier (for both humans and machines) to write correct code in languages that make it possible to express ideas concisely and elegantly.
- tptacek 1y agoFrom elsewhere on the front page: "given choice between complexity or one on one against t-rex, grug take t-rex: at least grug see t-rex".
- noelwelsh 1y agoSo you write everything in assembly then?
- doug_durham 1y agoThat is a false dichotomy. It is not 3000 versus 30. It's 3000 versus 2578 where the DSL is poorly documented by someone who long ago lost interest in maintaining it. I prefer the initial example in the article to the DSL equivalent. I can immediately read the non-DSL code and be productive. The DSL looks like a vanity project.