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I don't agree. I've been ridiculously in love with a few languages over the years, but it's a passing phase. The more you get to know something the more design
by afandian 12y ago
I don't agree. I've been ridiculously in love with a few languages over the years, but it's a passing phase. The more you get to know something the more design compromises etc you see.
No language is perfect, but Clojure is the best designed I think I've come across. I really like it, more than any other (including a few years of Python which I 'liked' at the time). It has strengths and weaknesses though, and that's expected of anything.
"Ridiculously in love with" is recruitment fluff, but I think does have the side-effect of appealing to that temporary experience, or to people prone to hyperbole.
See also Dunning-Kruger.
- svisser 12y agoAh, but that's fine regarding the recruitment fluff. The question above carries the assumption that one can't be "ridiculously in love" with a programming language because "if only they knew better" they'd realise the flaws of the language (whether that's specifically Python or a different language). But that's inherent to any programming language - it'll be good for some things and bad for others - using the phrase "ridiculously in love" just means they're looking for someone who likes working in that language.
- afandian 12y agoI suppose it must be cultural. The term 'in love' and intensifier 'ridiculously' just don't mean 'like'. Otherwise 'like' would do.