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[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But, Haskell..., it's so well thought out, so evolved, the best of all functional programming in one, the ability to handle infinite lists, the lazy evaluation, the strict type checking, the compiler that catches whole classes of bugs, the curt syntax, the ability to breathe it like pure thought, the clarity like maths...

Okay, sorry, I better leave the room too.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, Clojure is newer and fancier.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 13 hours ago

Better if you need the ability to unintentionally shoot yourself in the foot.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

The only people who say that are mentioned in Forbes.

[–] AldinTheMage@ttrpg.network 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why we use JavaScript on the front end, JavaScript on the back end, and you can streamline it even more by using JavaScript for the db layer too. After all, if you have too much data to be reasonably parsed in a single .json file, you are probably just architecting wrong.

[–] msage@programming.dev 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Every time you get over 200k lines of JSON you gotta split it into another app, so you can webscale.

[–] ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AldinTheMage@ttrpg.network 2 points 9 hours ago

I miss the old tts voices and now everything is ai generated garbage :( Bring back the robot voices!

[–] Johanno@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The language is as important as architecture and stuff.

Pick the right language for the right task.

Performance? Don't use python.

Everything else? Use python because everyone does.

/s

[–] sip@programming.dev 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] toad@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

That’s a strong opinion. What’s the problem with python syntax?

[–] j5906@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

as someone who uses python daily: what is syntax? /s

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago
[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

It's a tax you pay for synning.

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

So Mojo and Python then?

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ngl changing paradigms can have the problems do a 180.

I hate leetcode but it's surprisingly fun to code certain questions in prolog when final outcome with error checking is like 15 lines.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i cowode exclusively in pythowo

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's amazing how much the NSA's github page is comprised of Python.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Makes sense that they specialize in python, so many good math/crypto libraries.

i'm not too far from an nsa building (never really looked into what they do there) but i can throw some thigh highs over the fence for y'all if it helps

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The programming language promotes a thinking model and the ecosystem defines a modus operandi.
Of course they matter.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 107 points 2 days ago (30 children)

Programming languages, much like the jackass in the middle, are tools. Different tools are for different things. The right tool for the job can make your day. The wrong tool can make you question your entire career.

Right... And the best tool for every job is of course Rust.

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