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> Why would I want a powerful language? You clearly don't, since your aim is to write boring and forgettable code. I don't think there is anything wrong with
by patrec 5y ago
> Why would I want a powerful language?
You clearly don't, since your aim is to write boring and forgettable code. I don't think there is anything wrong with that -- you can write boring code to solve interesting and worthwhile problems, and overall the tendency is probably to err on the side of getting distracted by hip or shiny tech. But some people enjoy writing interesting code, and sometimes interesting code is needed to solve interesting problems and a powerful language can make certain types of interesting code much less painful to write. Auto-differentiation might be a good example.
- eternityforest 5y agoThat's definitely fair, there does seem to still be plenty of worthwhile problems that require interesting code. It's mostly way above my level though, so for now I'll stick to solving the trivial stuff, so the real geniuses can get back to work. Nobody might ever say "Wow that's some great code", in fact they'll probably say it's bloated and mediocre... but they'll be glad I thought to put an override button for that one edge case of the super trivial thing they thought was fine!