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> Not every tool is the right tool for the job There are not only two jobs: frontend and backend. Saying X language is good/bad for backend..

• s_kilk 10y ago
  There's more to computing than just websites.
  • brod 10y ago
    Sure, but name any specific computing related thing that doesn't categorically reside within either frontend or backend. And don't say Javascript.
    • adwn 10y ago
      What is a "computing related thing"? Do transistors count? If yes, aren't they both front- and backend? What about threads? Don't they belong to both, the frontend and the backend of "computing related things"? I'm not trying to be obtuse here, I genuinely don't understand your request.
    • et2o 10y ago
      What would you call data science/computational data stuff? Not backend, because you often sit and view the results in your R Studio console or whatever while working interactively. Not frontend because you are often directly mutating data structures and storage.
    • Aaargh20318 10y ago
      I'm working on an OCR engine right now. We intend to use it to do capturing of data using a mobile phone, but also to do verification of captured data on our backend server. So is this backend or frontend code ?
    • pmelendez 10y ago
      What about games? Lots of them are frontend and backend at the same time.
• pmelendez 10y ago
  You are oversimplifying the situation. I used to be a C++ backend developer and that was our stack because we needed return the response as fast as possible. Nowadays I work as a backend developer using NodeJs and C#. I wouldn't use any of them for the former job and there are good reasons why I wouldn't use C++ for my current job. So there is such thing as right tool for the job even in one part of a web platform