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I feel like there should be a contradictory meme along the lines of "Don't need 100 wrenches, just a crescent." While it's doubtful there's a single programmin
by blacktriangle 6y ago
I feel like there should be a contradictory meme along the lines of "Don't need 100 wrenches, just a crescent."
While it's doubtful there's a single programming language to rule them all, I seriously doubt the panoply of languages we are faced with is the optimal solution. At some point as a developer new languages stop bending your brain in new ways, they just become the same thing with all new baggage to deal with. I can certainly see where a person is legitimately in search of the last language they ever need to learn.
- frenchy 6y ago> "Don't need 100 wrenches, just a crescent." Is that contradictory? Non-adjustable wrenches still exist, and are still used on a regular basis. If you do a lot of work on at a single size they're nice because they weigh less, fit in smaller spaces, and you don't have to worry about then getting jostled and changing size on you.
- blacktriangle 6y agoYeah it's not the best analogy, but I think the rest of the idea still stands. I don't think a person looking at a language and thinking that it could be their silver bullet discredits their analysis, and Rust in particularly does seem well suited for that possibility with it's ability to address both low-level and high level programming.
- frenchy 6y agoFair point.