53 sats \ 9 replies \ @jeff 19 Apr 2022 \ on: Daily discussion thread
If you are a dev, what software language is your favorite?
From a theoretical perspective, lisp.
From a practical perspective, JavaScript.
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Python for sure
Rust is peaking my interest though
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Flutter is great for mobile and easy to get started - what we use for Fountain
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I code as a hobby and use python/flask, love it, simple and can focus on code.
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I like Go, because it teaches you different approach and mindset in comparison to JS, Java, c++...
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It's so boring to program in though. I wrote the backend for https://grepmed.com in golang. tbf it runs like a top; it's just dreadfully verbose. It's basically C but with a great standard library, concurrency primitives, gc, and package management. Somehow, it's still not as fun to program in as C is.
Programming in Lisp expanded my programming mindset more than any language I've programmed in. The ability to basically create bespoke DSLs for everything just blew my mind.
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Kotlin. I'm frequently looking for and missing many of it's super handy extension functions when working in other languages.
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I formulate it mostly this way "i like project <x> and I want to contribute. For that reason I have to learn language <y>".
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Rust and JS. It's more about the ecosystem and developer tooling in my opinion.
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