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In other words, the future isn't 10,000 languages all equally good, but 10,000 languages suited for 10,000 problems that will reduce the comparable workload by
by lubujackson 10y ago
In other words, the future isn't 10,000 languages all equally good, but 10,000 languages suited for 10,000 problems that will reduce the comparable workload by 1/2 or more, depending on the case. That's a much more interesting conclusion to the article...
- nine_k 10y agoDomain-specific languages were around for decades. You have SQL for databases, bash or zsh or powershell for interactive work, R, or Julia, or Mathematica for math-heavy work, etc. General-purpose languages of course can be used in these areas, but usually only in a more cumbersome way.