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Not a great language to code anything not a toy in then.
by spicybright 5y ago
Not a great language to code anything not a toy in then.
- ModernMech 5y agoSure, but that's 99% of languages out there. If you are evaluating a language for a real project, it's best to stick to the top 50-100 languages on stack overflow. Out here in the wild west of programming languages though, questions like "can I use this for anything real" aren't really material. Of course you can't, and the irregularity of the developer is just one reason out of many. Nonetheless, people find themselves drawn to these languages because they can actually offer something those top 50-100 languages can't -- fresh takes on programming language design and philosophy. True, we may never build anything more than a toy in these smaller niche languages, but still we can bring the insights gained back to our development practices in those top 50 languages.