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Any programmer who permanently sticks to only one language and has "no interest in learning yet another programming language" simply isn't a good programmer, no

by b20000 5y ago

Any programmer who permanently sticks to only one language and has "no interest in learning yet another programming language" simply isn't a good programmer, no matter what their only language is. You have not given any reasonable proof for this. If this were true, just to give you one example, linux kernel programmers would be bad programmers. I used to use Perl for web development, but quit web development years ago. I use primarily one or two programming languages and have zero interest in learning other languages. And that's OK. I've brought multiple succesful products to market. I have chosen what I want to do and have no time or energy to follow fads. My comments have nothing to do with anti-intellectualism.

DonHopkins 5y ago
I think you are confusing a program that is written in one programming language with people who only program in one programming language. So name some linux kernel programmers you actually know for a fact that they only know and program in one programming language? I bet I can name a lot more Linux kernel programmers who know and use multiple programming languages. Have you considered the possibility that most Linux kernel programmers might have also worked on other programs than the Linux kernel (and didn't just jump into the deep end of Linux kernel hacking as their first job) and actually know and use some other languages other than C? Like maybe Bash, or Assembly, or Python, or Lua, or TCL, or Lisp, or C++, or FORTH, or Pascal, or Fortran, or Java, or C#, or Lord forbid even Perl? Because Linux kernel hackers tend to be experienced, professional programmers, who know and use multiple languages, not monolinguistic amateurs who gave up learning new languages after only learning C, then started hacking the Linux kernel as their first and only project.
- b20000 5y ago
  i have also used many other programming languages in the past out of sudden necessity just like anyone else. that does not mean i have any interest in maintaining those or learning new languages. i don’t need to be lectured on what i need to do, thanks. i know perfectly well what point i am making and you do not have to spin this differently and try to make me look like a fool. you stated that anyone who is not interested in learning a new language is a bad programmer, and you are wrong. people make choices for different reasons.

by b20000 5y ago

DonHopkins 5y ago

I think you are confusing a program that is written in one programming language with people who only program in one programming language. So name some linux kernel programmers you actually know for a fact that they only know and program in one programming language? I bet I can name a lot more Linux kernel programmers who know and use multiple programming languages. Have you considered the possibility that most Linux kernel programmers might have also worked on other programs than the Linux kernel (and didn't just jump into the deep end of Linux kernel hacking as their first job) and actually know and use some other languages other than C? Like maybe Bash, or Assembly, or Python, or Lua, or TCL, or Lisp, or C++, or FORTH, or Pascal, or Fortran, or Java, or C#, or Lord forbid even Perl? Because Linux kernel hackers tend to be experienced, professional programmers, who know and use multiple languages, not monolinguistic amateurs who gave up learning new languages after only learning C, then started hacking the Linux kernel as their first and only project.

b20000 5y ago
i have also used many other programming languages in the past out of sudden necessity just like anyone else. that does not mean i have any interest in maintaining those or learning new languages. i don’t need to be lectured on what i need to do, thanks. i know perfectly well what point i am making and you do not have to spin this differently and try to make me look like a fool. you stated that anyone who is not interested in learning a new language is a bad programmer, and you are wrong. people make choices for different reasons.