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Ask HN: What's your programming language of choice for side projects?

• PaulHoule 3y ago
  Mostly Python.
• jonahbenton 3y ago
  Clojure! Most stuffs with fewest typings. And so many elegances.
• steviee 3y ago
  Ruby (on Rails) or Go.
• wg0 3y ago
  Go OR python.
• AnimalMuppet 3y ago
  Depends on the side project. C++, Java, and Perl are the languages I am familiar with, in that order. If the problem is the right kind of problem (picking values out of a text file, mainly) then I'll use Perl. Otherwise, C++ or Java, whichever seems like a better fit.