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I think the case was more intended to point out it's no different than choosing Go or Javascript, in terms of developer affinity (the size of community is part
by lostcolony 5y ago
I think the case was more intended to point out it's no different than choosing Go or Javascript, in terms of developer affinity (the size of community is part of what the article is intending to address).
Personally, I find Stackoverflow's surveys pretty useless. Python has 73% "loved", which tells me...what? That 73% of Python developers like Python. But what else do they have experience with? Is this just objectively "I like Python", or "I like Python more than X"? What is X? For those who don't "love" their language (which really just translates to "they have not expressed interest in continuing to develop with it", based on what SO gives us), is it because of another language capturing their imagination more? What languages are those, have they actually used it in the past in production, etc.
- carlmr 5y ago>For those who don't "love" their language (which really just translates to "they have not expressed interest in continuing to develop with it", based on what SO gives us), is it because of another language capturing their imagination more? As a C++ dev, definitely Rust. It got almost everything right that is horrible with C++, while still maintaining similar power.