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How about "A Large Scale Study of Programming Languages and Code Quality in Github" by Baishakhi, et al. [1]? That shows a weak correlation between fewer bugs a
by TJSomething 12y ago
How about "A Large Scale Study of Programming Languages and Code Quality in Github" by Baishakhi, et al. [1]? That shows a weak correlation between fewer bugs and static typing. There's a stronger correlation between strong typing and fewer bugs.
[1] http://macbeth.cs.ucdavis.edu/lang_study.pdf http://macbeth.cs.ucdavis.edu/lang_study.pdf
- lomnakkus 12y agoI am familiar with that study and while I have serious issues with the methodology, I do not think it says what you think it does[1]. [1] If you think it refutes my point, that is.