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People say this a lot, but I can't think of many projects that fit nicely into a single language. Most projects have certain pieces that are well suited for on

by sbov 10y ago

People say this a lot, but I can't think of many projects that fit nicely into a single language. Most projects have certain pieces that are well suited for one language or another - so the game is usually finding which language best fits most of your project (or the trickiest part of it), which tends to be a pure guessing game. At the end of the day you're probably best off using whichever language you know most, unless you're doing it for learning purposes, or it's one of those rare ones where it really does fit into a specific language.

wallacoloo 10y ago
It's not uncommon to mix multiple languages in a single project. Actually, I see a lot of people use c or c++ alongside Lua (by embedding the interpreter) - especially in videogames. The other option is to split the project into multiple services. Implement the backend service in e.g. c, and then do the front-end/GUI in, say, Python. This model is seen a lot with things like media players (e.g. mpd).