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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by esoterica on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:51PM (#20126498)
Nothing enforces correct variable names and descriptive types either, why would you expect those to be more consistently accurate than comments?
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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer by lmm on Friday June 07, 2019 @10:06PM (#20130180)
They're amenable to automated refactoring, and if you change a type or variable name in one place you're forced to update it everywhere else that uses the same thing.
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