Re: Code-change-to-run times (was Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?)

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:44:28 +0100
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 24.03.2025 18:15, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

On 2025-03-24, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote: 

>
When you have near-instant build times then it's completely
different way of working. 

 
Obviously.
 

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[ Dart / Flutter ]
Turns out what that refers to is that they want update times
measured in **milliseconds*; that is, from the time a developer
makes a change, to that change being compiled, loaded in the live
application and running. 

 
If that "subcultures in contemporary development" is (or becomes)
wide-spread or even standard... <shudder> - Software quality is
often already bad enough, no reason to foster that evolution.
 
Janis
 

Normally, fast turnaround improves the quality of software.
The worst case tends to be the one where devs stubbornly follow
original plan.