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codeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago

How much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysis

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How much "boilerplate tax" different languages have: a 400M LOC analysis

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codeinabox@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago
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Boilerplate Tax - Ranking popular programming languages by density | Ben E. C. Boyter
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    I can’t take this seriously if MATLAB is near the top of the scoreboard.

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      Why? MATLAB is pretty dense normally, and most MATLAB code is hacky scripts that wouldn’t bother with “boilerplate” anyway.

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