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It would only make sense if some languages were dangerous but allowed you to do your job, and others were safe but did not allow you to do you job. That is not
by asdasf 13y ago
It would only make sense if some languages were dangerous but allowed you to do your job, and others were safe but did not allow you to do you job. That is not the case. If we really need a bad analogy to be able to discuss our profession, it is more like telling chefs to stop using knives coated in grease, and start using knives with good grips.
- pekk 13y agoConventional programming languages are not anything like knives coated in grease.
- asdasf 13y agoWhich is why I suggested we not use terrible analogies as though we are incapable of speaking about our profession directly. My point was that if you insist on using a bad analogy, it has to at least parallel the situation you are analogizing. Pretending "everything but haskell" is a sharp knife and using haskell is some unspecified thing that isn't a sharp knife is just plain ridiculous. General purpose programming languages are all general purpose programming languages, you can't just arbitrarily split one off because you don't like it.