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+1. Languages that are general purpose get used for everything. Perl for the web. Python for builds. Scala transpiled for web. Portability has many solutions t
by parentheses 4y ago
+1. Languages that are general purpose get used for everything. Perl for the web. Python for builds. Scala transpiled for web.
Portability has many solutions that are good enough - often only bad because they result in second order issues which are themselves solvable with limited pain. Being able to scale software further without having to solve difficult distributed systems problems is of value.