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		naasking 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI helps ship faster but it produces 1.7× more bug... > I don't believe you'd lose any 'productivity' compared to e.g. C, assuming equal amounts of experience. I'm skeptical, but do you think that you'd see no productivity gains for Python, Java or Haskell?

gldrk 13 days ago [–]

Those are garbage-collected environments. I have some experience with a garbage-collected 'assembly' (.NET CIL). It is a delight to read and write compared to most C code.

naasking 13 days ago | [–]

Agree to disagree then! I've done plenty of CIL reading and writing. It's fine, but not what I'd call pleasant, not even compared to C.

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