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I don't want to start a flame war, but what are some of the programming languages that attract the first variety of people?

• beagle3 6y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "first variety". If you mean "the people who like to simplify thing" mentioned in the GP, then it depends on your definition of simplicity more than anything. I'd say from my experience if a person prefers C to C++ or Java, that's a good indication - but it could also mean they learned C in 1990 and didn't bother learning anything else since.... From my experience: (apologies if this looks like a flame; purely personal experience, with no offense intended). - Python attracts all kinds of people. - Java attracts people who prefer rigid structure, specified down to minute detail (which non Java people will often consider unneeded bureaucracy) - C++ attracts people who like brain teaser challenges with lots of details and steps. The compiler is both their colleague and adversary in reaching the optimal speed goal (their "frenemy") - C attracts people with more experience who just wants "the simple thing that works" without giving up the low-level control that they would have to give up using e.g. Python or Java. - K/J/APL attract people who like brain teaser with short elegant solutions, even (and perhaps especially) if reaching and understanding that solution takes nontrivial effort -- which is basically also people who like math for math's sake. - COBOL attracts people who like job security, good income, don't care much about job satisfaction or recent advances made in the last 30-40 years, and want everyone to get off their lawn :)
• aviraldg 6y ago
  Go is the only example I know of (very explicit syntax, almost no "magic")