[naasking]

> I don't believe you'd lose any 'productivity' compared to e.g. C, assuming equal amounts of experience.

I'm skeptical, but do you think that you'd see no productivity gains for Python, Java or Haskell?

[gldrk]

Those are garbage-collected environments. I have some experience with a garbage-collected 'assembly' (.NET CIL). It is a delight to read and write compared to most C code.

[naasking]

Agree to disagree then! I've done plenty of CIL reading and writing. It's fine, but not what I'd call pleasant, not even compared to C.