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Re:JavaScript Pattern Matching Proposal by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:50PM (#16927551)
> we believe that the number of bugs is proportional to the number of lines of code

Why would you believe that?

And if you do believe that why don't you use a code golfing language?

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Re:JavaScript Pattern Matching Proposal by always_good on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:07PM (#16928498)
What exactly are you contributing by taking what they said to the extreme?

Should someone now have to point out to you that a million-line function is worse than a ten-line function for calculating fizzbuzz? Is that meaningful discourse in your book?

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Re:JavaScript Pattern Matching Proposal by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:30PM (#16935412)
My response seems to have upset you. I'm sorry that happened.

In general I believe that number of lines of code is correlated with number of bugs, but I would hesitate to say that it is proportional to. Going in with the explicit goal of reducing the number of lines could easily lead to more bugs, not less.

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