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i think people probably just prefer whatever paradigm they used first or currently are comfortable with. I have a cs degree and we were taught scala at my schoo
by thesimpsons1022 11y ago
i think people probably just prefer whatever paradigm they used first or currently are comfortable with. I have a cs degree and we were taught scala at my school and now I use it everyday.
- peterfirefly 11y agoI used BASIC first, then Z80 machine code, then Pascal, then 8086 machine code, then C. I really like functional programming, especially in Standard ML and Haskell. I didn't learn ML until I'd been programming for about 15 years. Edit: beadder grammer.
- agumonkey 11y agoI woudln't say 'prefer' but it's a heavy influence on your view of the world. I think imperative programming fit our biological needs and reflex. We want to see results and effects. Functional programmers are up high in the world of platonic ideals. They delay effects by composing abstract logics and then ask for a result. No newbie wanna suffer that, but no newb want to suffer mutable state bug hunts either.. the learning excitement just shadow this issue for a while, and I bet somewhere deep inside, we're all mathematician in the closet.