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> what is the justification for yet another language, what makes it worth having, and learning? Why do you think a new language needs any of that? It needs to
by klibertp 11y ago
> what is the justification for yet another language, what makes it worth having, and learning?
Why do you think a new language needs any of that? It needs to be fun to use and hack on, that's all.
Honestly, I'm so tired with people having problems with "yet another language". Such people make polyglot programming much less viable, despite obvious benefits to this approach and I think it's a big loss for the industry.
Instead of asking "why is it worth having" a new language you should just go and skim its code (disclaimer: I didn't do this yet myself in this case). And if don't want to do it you should stop commenting on new, in development languages. Stick to established languages you know and don't bother with new languages. If you need to know "why is it worth learning" then it's obvious that new languages are not for you. That's because the answer to this question is also obvious: for fun!
EDIT: I realized that my post may sound a bit rude. I don't have the time to rewrite it, but I want to stress that I didn't intend for it to sound like this.