On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:26:41 +0200 "Chris" <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > What can I say? For the web I have to use JavaScript, PHP and > Python. Imagine the amount of stupid-yet-hard-to-find bugs I've > had to deal with. Bugs that you only become aware of at runtime. > I've gotten to the point where I just refuse to deal with PHP anymore (And I've never been willing to jump on the AJAX-y train). I believe as much as anyone in "whatever pays the bills", but even then there's reasonable limits where you just have to draw the line for your own sake. > Am much happier with D (or Java, Objective-C). As for the > arguments concerning compile time, extra typing for typing, > c'mon, they must be kidding. > Exactly. I often get the impression the static-haters have only ever heard of C++ and Java 2. > Not to mention increased execution speed, not only in terms of > script vs. binary, but also in terms of known type vs. > dynamically assigned type. > And in terms of "cache-friendly vs ultra-cache-annihilator-3000". And in terms of "Simple efficient array of primitives vs Let's replace every trivial primitive of data in the entire program with a big ol' hashtable-of-hashtables, and potentially scatter them all over memory, all just in case some knucklehead decides he just NEEDS to go adding members and methods to some *individual* instance of a freaking integer." No wonder my Apple II had more responsive text entry than most modern web sites. Hell, I've used typewriters that were faster than some web forms. No joke.
