On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:17:18AM +0000, Tony via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > On Sunday, 13 January 2019 at 04:04:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: > > > One major takeaway is that the bugs/line are the same regardless of > > the language used. This means that languages that enable more > > expression in fewer lines of code result in fewer bugs for the same > > functionality. > > > Is the data to support this conclusion freely available on the web > somewhere? > > My impression is that Python is considered the easiest language to > use. If it has no more bugs per line than a statically typed program > that seems to suggest that non-speed-critical work should be done in > Python.
No, if the number of bugs is truly proportional to the number of lines, then we should all ditch D and write APL instead. :-P T -- Leather is waterproof. Ever see a cow with an umbrella?
