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Random comment: having an actual answer to the "what's your favorite language" question isn't a good thing.
by banachtarski 13y ago
Random comment: having an actual answer to the "what's your favorite language" question isn't a good thing.
- wambotron 13y agoThat's a bizarre and rather rude comment.
- jkrems 13y agoIn this case it was combined with admitting some of its trade-offs. It's okay to have preferences and even a favorite language as long as one doesn't treat it as a flawless gift of the gods that can solve every problem without ever being a problem itself.
- coldtea 13y agoI code for fun. Having a favorite language isn't a "good thing" why? Because some manager-type smuck thinks I should be more flexible? Even top notch programmers like Carmack and Torvalds have a favorite language.
- lutusp 13y ago> Even top notch programmers like Carmack and Torvalds have a favorite language. Yes, true, but they're not married to their choice.
- coldtea 13y agoAfter they're programmed for 20+ years in the language, and with them considered job offers or projects based on the language use, when exactly it's not considered "married"?
- lutusp 13y ago> ... when exactly it's not considered "married"? Easy to test on a case-by-case basis -- either a person can or can't drop one language and become productive in another in a short time. If they can, then they're not married to a single language, unlike cybernetic swans who mate for life.
- coldtea 13y agoWell, what if Torvalds can't get productive in Lisp or Haskell? Does that make him any less of a programmer?