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this post is rather hard to read (wall of text). Would you mind editing it into a better shape?

gnat
– gnat

2015-09-25 07:18:46 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 7:18
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"10x the size" of Hello World requires "months more development"? Does brushing your teeth ten times involve standing in front of a mirror nonstop for a month?

bcrist
– bcrist

2015-09-29 06:50:03 +00:00
Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 6:50
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Brushing teeth x times is a linear function of x, but programming generally isn't a linear function. If you handcraft every line of code using the most low level language functions you get fast and small code but at a higher cost per level of complexity. Higher level languages bloat more but keep the cost closer to a linear function of the complexity.

andyb
– andyb

2015-10-03 17:59:05 +00:00
Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 17:59

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