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"There also seemed to be 25 different ways to accomplish every task and these were constantly changing, turning the language into a kind of coding wild west."
by Brian_K_White 2y ago
"There also seemed to be 25 different ways to accomplish every task and these were constantly changing, turning the language into a kind of coding wild west."
What a strange thing for a professional writer to say.
Are they dismayed that even within a single laguage like English there are rather more than merely 25 different ways to express any given thought?
- zxexz 2y agoJust a thought - looking at it another way, "code", in the popular zeitgeist, has an association with rigid, unchanging processes. I feel like perhaps, the sentiment comes from that? Like, even if you're just implementing bubble sort in Python - a rigid, simple algorithm - there are so many ways to express that algorithm. In a sense, it may be closer to English, or other written languages, than many non-programmers expect.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y agoThe very use of the term "code" is part of the problem, I think. Among the general populace, it conjures up images of complicated symbols that are purposefully obfuscated to keep their underlying meaning a secret.
- mpalmer 2y agoAre you sure the author is expressing a negative opinion here? Consider his audience. He's explaining all this to people who would have similar preconceived notions about coding.