Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B

Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by eru on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @10:17AM (#651024)

So write smaller programs. Use a higher level language.

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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by kscaldef on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @01:41PM (#651400)

You're missing the point, I think. Higher-level languages just reduce the number of lines before you start to hit the maintainability wall from poor design. So, while maybe it's >100K lines of C that's where it typically happens, it might only be 10K or 20K lines of Ruby.

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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by eru on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @04:15PM (#651710)

Perhaps. Though I'd rather deal with a messy 10K lines than a messy 100K. And having less code helps you keep it clean.

In a higher level language you get a lot of good design for free. For example nobody has to worry about GoTo-spaghetti-code any longer.

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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by eru on Thursday June 11, 2009 @05:06AM (#652489)

Second reply: Fail faster.

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