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Ah, it's this time of the year when we get to fantasize about cool platforms and languages before succumbing back to python, typescript or feeding the relentles
by darthrupert 2y ago
Ah, it's this time of the year when we get to fantasize about cool platforms and languages before succumbing back to python, typescript or feeding the relentless AI monster in a major cloud provider.
- worthless-trash 2y agoBecause we are not allowed to program in another language that 'most' programmers can't understand immediately. We are cursed to use the lowest common denominator of choices of programming.
- andsoitis 2y ago> Because we are not allowed to program in another language that 'most' programmers can't understand immediately If everyone in a code base wrote in a different programming language, the code base would suck.
- worthless-trash 2y agoI have heard that LLM's transpile between languages perfectly. They'll be able to fix problems like this. However on a serious note, "the industry" fears even writing the entire codebase in a 'non common' language because of it, let alone your strawman idea of multiple languages.
- baq 2y agoTypescript is great! Except the JavaScript below it which is terrible, but the static analysis and constraints I can express in typescript are amazing. It’s actually surprising that there’s no typing discussion in this thread.