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0 pointsmonksy2y ago0 comments

> you can learn in a day and keep in your head.

I'm not sure that this successpoint is really that valuable. It sounds more valuable for those who want butts in seats than it does for long term satisfaction and survivability of your code base.

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omegabravo2y ago

Being able to read your code you wrote 2 years ago does wonders for survivability, which is a gross simplification of course.

It's a great language for some problems, horrible for others. The problem is people tend to talk as though everyone works in their domain.

monksyOP2y ago

> Being able to read your code you wrote 2 years ago

It won't stop you from asking wtf did someone write this and then doing a git blame and seeing your name.

kaba02y ago

If “each individual line is easy” would work, we would be reading-writing in assembly. I don’t accept the premise that Go would be any better in this region, if anything, it is worse by cluttering up the happy path by error “handling” noise, and much harder than they should be opewtions.

gaganyaan2y ago

Yeah, I can keep Brainfuck in my head easily. Doesn't mean I'm going to use it as anything other than a toy language.

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