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It seems really questionable to take on ANY new language if you're trying to build a business. If you're building a gaming business, you had better use C++, C,
by asdfasgasdgasdg 6y ago
It seems really questionable to take on ANY new language if you're trying to build a business. If you're building a gaming business, you had better use C++, C, or C#. If you're building a business that might need to use the cloud, look at the supported languages where your chosen cloud has an sdk and pick one of those. If you're building something for Windows avoid programming languages that only have Unix implementations. Etc. Other choices are just onboarding unnecessary risk.
- blandflakes 6y agoYeah definitely feeling on the same page. I've seen a lot of writing on the web about "novelty" budgets, etc. I know people argue that really expressive languages are a secret weapon (and I definitely think that Java as I was writing it years ago wasted a lot of my time), but I think haven't a great ecosystem is also a (not secret, but) secret weapon.
- sweeneyrod 6y agoI'm sure that by new you meant obscure, but OCaml has been around for 24 years.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoRight, I did mean obscure/non-mainstream. Thanks for the correction.