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Or maybe programming languages aren't like saws at all and your analogy is fundamentally compromised by this. They are tools, but they are there own tools. Go

by bmurphy1976 12y ago

Or maybe programming languages aren't like saws at all and your analogy is fundamentally compromised by this. They are tools, but they are there own tools. Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them.

coldtea 12y ago
>Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them. That's just wishy washy "let's everyone use what's best for them" etc. It's not like there's not something called computer SCIENCE, and PL research, that has studied Generics and what they bring to the table...
- bmurphy1976 12y ago
  You're pretty hilarious. There's no SCIENCE here, there's religious fanaticism on both sides driven by anecdotes from thousands of amateurs. Where's the rigorous study that shows if Go or Haskell is better for building quality software? These tools don't solve some mythical perfect "math" problem. They solve a "social" problem. We write software to help people. Wether a language has generics or not almost certainly not the most important factor that drives the success or failure of a project. But hey, I haven't done a rigorous study to back that up. At least I can admit that.