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  • Scoopta@programming.dev
    1·
    20 hours ago

    Ok but, in the second example you typically just put final or const in front of the type to denote immutability. I still don’t see the advantage to the first declaration.

    • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      oh for sure, but I think that’s the rarer case for language implementions. Having a consistent structure with alternative keywords in static positions is just easier to develop an AST for. Personally my favorite language doesn’t even allow for const values (except by convention) so it’s really just a matter of preference

      • Scoopta@programming.dev
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Is it rarer? I think a lot of modern languages go for the first option but pretty much all C style languages use the latter. It’s probably a wash for which is more popular I’d think.

        • DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          19 hours ago

          I’m talking about quantity not the popularity of a given language. There are certainly a number of popular languages that follow that convention