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> Polyglot is the future, and people are already adapting Yes, right. I like how you can read into the future. Let's see what happens 10-20 years from now, thi
by joelbluminator 5y ago
> Polyglot is the future, and people are already adapting
Yes, right. I like how you can read into the future. Let's see what happens 10-20 years from now, things tend to change. But even if we look at how things are now, plenty of places still commit to 1-2 languages (in fact if you're a small shop it's pretty crazy to try anything else).
- regularfry 5y agoIt depends heavily on the problem you're solving. A few jobs back I was in a small shop and we were all regularly bouncing between Java, C, Ruby, JS, Perl, Python... Go crept in round the edges too. We wouldn't have been able to deliver without the full set just because of what we had to interface with. It's more than doable as long as the culture is "learn the necessary skills".
- karmasimida 5y ago> plenty of places still commit to 1-2 languages That might be true, but it didn't mean they will commit to ONE language for forever. Even governmental agency's code gets rewritten in newer languages eventually: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/automated-refactoring-of-a-u-s-air-force-mainframe-to-aws/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/automated-refactoring-of-a-...
- joelbluminator 5y agoC, Java, Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python, all these languages are 30-50 years old. I don't see any of them fading away the coming 20 years from now (you might argue about Ruby since it's much smaller, but it has a very strong community keeping it moving). You could bet your career on any of these and I'm pretty sure you will be fine 20 years from now.