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Curious what other languages you're fluent with? I found once I'd grokked a language with `match` (Rust), I missed it when writing Python afterwards.
by jackric 6y ago
Curious what other languages you're fluent with? I found once I'd grokked a language with `match` (Rust), I missed it when writing Python afterwards.
- mirko22 6y agoIn my professional career I've worked mostly with C++, PHP and Python and these are probably ones I'm most fluent with. But also done tone of Perl, Delphi, VB and C# back in the day. Strange mix. However I also think that how you look at the language greatly depends on what actual projects you have been working on and with whom plus personal taste. I've been mostly in finance and accounting and personally love code that is very easy to "read" (definition of readable code seems to vary per person). Example: C++ has so many things crammed into it that I don't see the value of it for doing stuff that are not high frequency trading. It is like using a sledgehammer to drive a nail in the wood.
- jackric 6y agoLooks like you haven't had much immersion in functional languages - the ones you list are all quite an imperative flavor. If you're interested in sampling some other styles of language I suggest the book "Seven languages in seven weeks"
- mirko22 6y ago... I never done LISP in professional life but I have learned it and used it for side projects. I've read SCIP and found that everything said there can be applied to most programming languages. I don't understand what you're comment is supposed to imply? That I don't understand match cos I didn't write first reddit version? I've spent 25 years discovering languages and concepts in computer science. I've even played with Smalltalk, Ada and some Algol variant. Even wrote COBOL for short while. What's your point?