We are not compression algorithms! If we were, we could replace the most common block of boilerplate code with token 'A', the second-most block of boilerplate code with token 'B,' and so on, writing programs in very few bytes. God have mercy on anyone trying to debug such a program, though.
Any language with no boilerplate at all is a black box of incomprehensibility. Java has, I think, more boilerplate than average, while some other languages have less boilerplate than average.
IDEs can help with some of this, which is why I finally stopped writing all code in vim.
Any language with no boilerplate at all is a black box of incomprehensibility. Java has, I think, more boilerplate than average, while some other languages have less boilerplate than average.
IDEs can help with some of this, which is why I finally stopped writing all code in vim.