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So you think "why create music" is an odd question too? I dont, but that's another discussion. Back to the original question, making programing language and ma
by nsonha 6y ago
So you think "why create music" is an odd question too? I dont, but that's another discussion.
Back to the original question, making programing language and making music are nothing alike in there purposes. Music are specifically made to be consumed while proraming languages or any kind of software/protocol/standard are meant to be productive.
You can argue that people make languages for their own amusement, those exist. However if a language rises to some sort of adoption there was definitely some amount of effort put into promoting it and convincing other people to use it. At that point a language ceases to exist for amusement purpose and become an investment that cost individuals and the whole industry a lot. It better has a good pitch.
- brainless 6y agoNo, that is your thought process that programming languages are meant to be productive. The person who creates, does so in many instances because they feel they want to create. Which is why there is an order of magnitude more super-little-known programming languages out there than the ones that dominate the professional world of programming. A few languages get traction and grow. Rest are just creations from someone.
- nsonha 6y agoRead again, I'm not disputing the fact that languages are created for fun. However when you start promoting a language and lure other people in contributing into your community, that (should) stops. Unless you specifically say smt like "this is a programming language for goofing around nothing serious", which is no PL author's pitch ever.