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Stop comparing programming languages

  • Python is versatile
  • JavaScript is powerful
  • Ruby is elegant
  • C is essential
  • C++
  • Java is robust
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[-] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

The thing it can do best is bewilder developers with it's strange choices

[-] polonius-rex@kbin.run 10 points 5 months ago

i wouldn't want to program in pure assembly either but asm is definitely powerful

[-] wreel@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 months ago

I would argue that ASM isn't "powerful". It's direct. You can access advanced features of a CPUs architecture with the trade off limited portability. Sometimes it's necessary but power comes from being able to express complex control and data structures in a concise and readable amount of text.

The subjective topic of what "concise and readable" means is where the language wars come in.

this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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