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Re:Software Is Drowning the World by makapuf on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:24PM (#25717725)
I'd say it's harder to refactor because you can only refactor to correct programs. Other, more lax languages are easier to refactor to a wrong new state.
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Re:Software Is Drowning the World by pdimitar on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:28PM (#25717765)
But isn't that the goal? Namely to automatically (without human interference) refactor to a correct program?
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Re:Software Is Drowning the World by makapuf on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:37PM (#25717877)
Yes, it IS a good thing!
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