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Ask HN: How often do you swap between languages ?
I was wondering how often people jump between various languages in a day and how it affects productivity.
In my case, I use Perl at work. I then jump to PHP, Python, and Javascript at home for personal projects almost on a daily basis. As an example, I have to google how to compute the length of an array if its :
1. strlen(myString)
2. myString.length()
3. myString.length
NB: I generally use Emacs for writing code in *nix/Mac and Notepad++ if on a Win Box.
- noodle 18y agoi use about 5 languages at work, and 2 or 3 more at home. you get used to it, really. a good IDE helps in the case of forgetting something like how to find length.
- TJensen 18y agoI use Java and Flex throughout the day and switch to Python and Objective C in the evening. I agree that I've reached my limit on storing the massive standard libraries these languages have in my head, but I think use of IDEs in the past has made this worse for me (I got lazy). I'm back to using Emacs almost exclusively in an attempt to remember the APIs. I know I'll take an early hit for it, but I'm hoping I'll make up for it.
- sdp 18y agoI use Groovy and Java at school; PHP and Python at work; and finally Smalltalk and C at home. I have recently switched from all emacs, to TextMate at school and home, and emacs at work (although I'm trying to see if JEdit will work better).
- iamwil 18y agoRuby and Javascript at work. Otherwise, I'm playing around with Lua, Ruby, Erlang, and Python.