codeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 6 days agoHow much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysisboyter.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkHow much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysisboyter.orgcodeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoI call boilerplate having to repeat types because there’s no type inference, but this is not captured here. Kolmogorov complexity would be a good denominator, but you’d end up with a higher boilerplate score if your language just uses longer keywords
I call boilerplate having to repeat types because there’s no type inference, but this is not captured here.
Kolmogorov complexity would be a good denominator, but you’d end up with a higher boilerplate score if your language just uses longer keywords