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I'd love for languages to be win/win scenarios, but it does seem they are a bit of a zero sum game. The team you're on will need to pick a language, if it's not
by didibus 6y ago
I'd love for languages to be win/win scenarios, but it does seem they are a bit of a zero sum game. The team you're on will need to pick a language, if it's not the language you prefer you lose, so it's natural to want to influence others.
If you prefer Go, and are on a Java team, you'll want to convince others that Go is far superior, and vice versa.
- joelfolksy 6y agoIndeed. Ironically, the only reason we're in a thread talking about Go is years of "Go is so much simpler than language X" propaganda, without which it would have never gained such a hold in the industry zeitgeist.
- void_mint 6y ago> If you prefer Go, and are on a Java team, you'll want to convince others that Go is far superior, and vice versa. If you prefer Go, and are on a Java team, does arguing with people that are unrelated to your work on the internet change your working environment?
- Can_Not 6y agoIndeed lists 30k Java jobs and 2k golang jobs. OP has a vested interest in marketing their preferred language to increase the availability of jobs for that preferred language.
- void_mint 6y agoYou kinda skipped the relevant part of my question. Does arguing on the internet with Java fans increase Go's usage at hypothetical person's work?
- erik_seaberg 6y agoIf more people in the industry appreciate concise and powerful languages that reward deep expertise, I am more likely to find paid work where I can be happy and productive in the future. I started in C, and it’s pretty alarming to see an impoverished language gaining market share after years of progress; that’s why I argue the bar should be getting higher for new languages in production.