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> A good programmer can be good in any language Kinda. Language-specific expertise should not be downplayed. If you've spent a decade honing your craft writin
by MaxBarraclough 3y ago
> A good programmer can be good in any language
Kinda. Language-specific expertise should not be downplayed.
If you've spent a decade honing your craft writing C and assembly for exotic embedded platforms, you'll be a valuable asset for certain projects, but your experience won't translate to Scala or Haskell.
- lispm 3y agoPart of your expertise is not the language, but the application to embedded platforms.
- MaxBarraclough 3y agoOf course, but the point stands. Consider an expert in C programming for embedded platforms, and an expert in Ada (or Forth) programming for embedded platforms. The surrounding expertise is similar, but the language-specific expertise shouldn't be dismissed.
- bitwize 3y agoI think I meant more like "every language can have good programmers writing top quality code in it, even (especially) the blubs", not that a given good programmer will be able to immediately translate their expertise to a vastly different language or environment.
- fire_lake 3y ago> A good programmer can be good in any language Well, I’ll rewrite it in Brainfuck then.