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It seems like you missed the fundamental argument being made. First of all, this: >And the answer is that bad languages can screw over a project Proves the "

It seems like you missed the fundamental argument being made. First of all, this: >And the answer is that bad languages can screw over a project Proves the "languages don't matter" hypothesis wrong anyways. Second, he very clearly said that assembly simply shows how big the difference is to most people because most people are afraid of it. Yes, scala vs haskell the language does matter. Yes, C++ vs java the language does matter. Even python vs ruby the language still matters even though they are incredibly similar languages.

nostrademons 12y ago
No, I heard the fundamental argument being made. I'm saying that when you apply it to most real-world applications, it doesn't matter, just like the article says. If you are an employee of a tech company, you use whatever language your employer is using, and you don't get a choice in the matter. If you are a founder, the only thing that matters is product/market fit, and so you use whatever language will get you there fastest, which is usually the language that you know best. If you are a consultant, then either the client will specify a language (in which case you use that) or you will use whatever will let you finish the job fastest (which is usually the one you know best).
- imanaccount247 12y ago
  >If you are an employee of a tech company, you use whatever language your employer is using, and you don't get a choice in the matter I've been an employee at many tech companies, and I have always had a choice in the matter. But even if your statement were true, that does not support the idea that languages don't matter. Prisoners are not given a choice of food, does that mean choice of food doesn't matter? You've just repeated your previous red herring. Trying to redirect the focus away from the subject does not make it "case closed". Nothing about startups and picking clients has anything to do with the question of whether or not languages matter.

nostrademons 12y ago

No, I heard the fundamental argument being made. I'm saying that when you apply it to most real-world applications, it doesn't matter, just like the article says. If you are an employee of a tech company, you use whatever language your employer is using, and you don't get a choice in the matter. If you are a founder, the only thing that matters is product/market fit, and so you use whatever language will get you there fastest, which is usually the language that you know best. If you are a consultant, then either the client will specify a language (in which case you use that) or you will use whatever will let you finish the job fastest (which is usually the one you know best).

imanaccount247 12y ago
>If you are an employee of a tech company, you use whatever language your employer is using, and you don't get a choice in the matter I've been an employee at many tech companies, and I have always had a choice in the matter. But even if your statement were true, that does not support the idea that languages don't matter. Prisoners are not given a choice of food, does that mean choice of food doesn't matter? You've just repeated your previous red herring. Trying to redirect the focus away from the subject does not make it "case closed". Nothing about startups and picking clients has anything to do with the question of whether or not languages matter.