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Features such as automatic creation of mentioned variables and dynamic typing allow a mistake in code to change a correct program into a syntactically valid pro
by JulianMorrison 14y ago
Features such as automatic creation of mentioned variables and dynamic typing allow a mistake in code to change a correct program into a syntactically valid program that does the wrong thing.
- pekk 14y agoNow show that this is a significant cause of costly errors in practice...
- gordaco 14y agoI know my evidence is just anecdotal, but I see it a lot. Man, do I miss my C++ and my Haskell when I have to use Python and javascript at work. Most people seem to disagree with that happening "a lot", so maybe I'm working with bad codebases or just being unlucky. Indeed, a controlled study would yield more reliable information.
- fox91 14y agoIt doesn't mean that if you write C you get less bugs. IMHO that's a not meaningful experitment that makes no sense in practice