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Studies on how well can a programmer understand code in unfamiliar languages?
Are there any serious studies on how well an experienced programmer who knows language X can understand code written by a competent programmer using language Y, for a good range of widely used ...
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How to determine if a programming language is verbose or terse?
Programming languages can often be described as verbose or terse.
From my understanding, a verbose language is easy to read and understand, while a terse language is concise and neat, but more ...
