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I also posted that comment without reading the article -- that was just my first response to "yet another programming language". I'm sure that it's filling a r

by nnnnni 15y ago

I also posted that comment without reading the article -- that was just my first response to "yet another programming language". I'm sure that it's filling a real need. I just wish that groups could cooperate to make a handful of languages/libraries better rather than having 100 competing ones.

ViralBShah 15y ago
Actually, there is much more co-operation than is visible. Almost all the groups share the same libraries, same bugfixes, same patches, etc., which typically will account for much of the user experience. The different language approaches will typically compete on things like syntax, speed, etc., and this leads to innovation and cross-pollination of ideas. I personally prefer to have some choice, and use a number of languages for scientific computing myself - but I guess too much choice makes things confusing for the newcomer.