Bad Code Blame Debate
This cluster debates whether unreadable or poor-quality code results from bad programmers or from programming languages that make bad code easier to write. Core discussions emphasize that skilled programmers can produce good code in any language, while some argue certain languages encourage sloppy practices.
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Bad programmers, not languages, write unreadable code.
Everyone writes unreadable code sometimes. Bad languages make it easier.
It's possible to write good code in bad languages.
Experts' code looking like beginners' code is not a good thing! If better learning a language doesn't make your code clearer and more concise, the language isn't pulling its weight.
Bad written code is bad written code in any language, that's a false comparison.
A language that makes it easier to write shitty code is worse than one that doesn't
It's easier to write bad code in certain languages, as well as vice versa.
Why can't people just get over it and stop blaming the language for their own sloppy code?
"You can write " is an answer that usually get rebutted by pointing out that a) you need to read a lot more code than you write and b) other people might not write code or c) other people might have a different definition of .
But some languages make it easier to write bad code than others.