D For A Web Developer

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 12:41 -0400, Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d
wrote:
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> This has a lot to do with why I don't buy the common argument that 
> dynamic languages are all about "just getting shit done".

Interesting use of the word shit. I tend to find that the average
programmer produces shit code in whatever language they use. This is a
sad reflection on the whole of computing.

> Anytime I use them, they just create more work for me. Writing more 
> sanity checks. More hours debugging. More work to optimize hotspots. 
> More time figuring out Tracebacks I'm getting from code I didn't even 
> write or from tools I'm simply trying to install. Etc.

Using a static language mindset when working with a dynamic language has
this effect. Likewise the reverse, using a dynamic language mindset with
a static language.

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