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Let my explain: > Aren't python and java "old" now? 20-25 years? C is... what, 40 years old? "Modern" (Even though it's 25 years old) languages usually forced
by nirui 7y ago
Let my explain:
> Aren't python and java "old" now? 20-25 years? C is... what, 40 years old?
"Modern" (Even though it's 25 years old) languages usually forced on productivity more: The language is easier to understand and use, the programmer can focus on the logic of their program instead of battling the system etc.
And, since we already in a well-developed industry, productivity can translate to profitability, and usually it does.
Simplify my opinion here: Productivity (or profitability maybe) drives tech tend.
Python is hot today because it can be used in many fields which is hot today. Back-end dev, script, and maybe some machine learning + data research etc. And Python makes doing those things easy (in terms of easy to use) because both of the language itself (not a bad language) and it's ecosystem (Many of things you wanted are just one pip away).
Also, even I do not think JavaScript is a good language, but I must say it's a easy language to get started: 1) You don't need to learn a lot to write "Hello World" (`alert("Hello World")`) and later other simple functions. 2) Web browser is the playground which you already have. 3) The ecosystem is huge (Many things are just one npm away). 4) Let's don't forget that you can make money from it.
Now imagine if one day you have to understand compiler, linker and manual memory management to write webpage scripts. Much harder, right? :)