Exactly... shorter is safer, compare: Assembly - Many lines, almost any error can occur, including a seg fault and/or memory leak Old Java - 5 lines, possible off-by-one error New Java - 4 lines, off-by-one is no longer possible Haskell - 1 (short) line - also removes the risk of NullPointerException and ConcurrentModificationException
On 24 October 2010 18:16, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/10/24 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > > How about running this thought experiment on two high level languages, > one > > which requires 3 lines of code and one which requires 1? > > The answer is much less clear cut in this case. > > You can do the exact same thought experiment completely in Java. > Which is more likely to get wrong, the for/each loop, or a traditional > for loop? :) > > Does this mean that one is perfect? Of course not. Errors can always > exist. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
