Name: Anonymous 2010-06-12 23:06
I'm a C programmer by training, and 80% of my work thus far has been in C, but I've recently been put on a project at work that is primarily written in Java and Python.
I immediately noticed that the programmers on this new project write much cleaner source code than the programmers on my last project. The comments (docstrings/javadocs) are thorough and well maintained, the classes are well organized (the C code usually felt "hacked together" rather than designed, even if that wasn't the case), and the function names actually mean something (no f() or do_the_thing()).
Is this a function of the respective languages, or the "type of people" drawn to the respective languages, or merely a coincidence?
Has anyone had similar or conflicting experiences?
Also, please don't let this turn into a "my language is better than your language" argument or a "my language can do X" pissing contest -- keep it to the topic at hand, please.
I immediately noticed that the programmers on this new project write much cleaner source code than the programmers on my last project. The comments (docstrings/javadocs) are thorough and well maintained, the classes are well organized (the C code usually felt "hacked together" rather than designed, even if that wasn't the case), and the function names actually mean something (no f() or do_the_thing()).
Is this a function of the respective languages, or the "type of people" drawn to the respective languages, or merely a coincidence?
Has anyone had similar or conflicting experiences?
Also, please don't let this turn into a "my language is better than your language" argument or a "my language can do X" pissing contest -- keep it to the topic at hand, please.