• @Agent641
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    It is a poor craftsman who blames their tools, but I wouldn’t be so poor if these tools weren’t so shit.

  • @[email protected]
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    221 month ago

    i have this pep talk with myself every time i have to switch languages for a project (especially between python & java) and i can’t remember how to do it at first.

    • @[email protected]
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      231 month ago

      During university I gave additional lessons for lower semesters and at times had to juggle three languages: Java, Typescript and plain JavaScript for that one professor who thought TS sucks.

      Coding on the spot got really messy at times.

    • Xanthrax
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      Try lua as a middle ground. It’s object based but more classical with the syntax.

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        It’s the best scripting language I know of, but man I hate dynamically types languages. I am so used to rust and C/C++ that reading any large script or program will drive me insane

        And the whitespace instead of {} tokens…

        • @thebestaquaman
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          The whitespace doesn’t bother me at all, but holy hell! Any time I’m trying to understand a Python program/library that’s anything above a couple thousand lines of code, I instantly feel a burning hate for dynamic typing.

          I love Python for scripting- in large part because of dynamic typing. IMO it’s just not a language made for building large infrastructures.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 month ago

            Exactly.

            I use it a lot on my systems for very simple scripts because I am significantly more experienced in python compared to bash.

            I remember getting given a 10k line python script which “was the documentation” for an API i had to interact with using powershell. I hated life so much because of that stupid project.

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          I’ve had the joy of working on a python project with strict type checking enforced in CI and wow is it a different experience. Am a big fan.

        • @kn33
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          01 month ago

          I can handle dynamically typed, but the whitespace thing kills me. I kind of really like PowerShell.

  • @stupidcasey
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    There’s no such thing as bad languages just bad programers anything outside of raw machine code is Just coping for a lack of skill.

    • @AdamEatsAss
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      41 month ago

      Machine code? If you can’t build a circuit to solve your problem it’s a lack of skill.

      • @stupidcasey
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        41 month ago

        Honestly probably easier than writing in machine code.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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    71 month ago

    I have to bounce around between languages so much I don’t really think I’m fluent in anything anymore. I may not be a bad programmer, but some of my programming is bad.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 month ago

    Or maybe it’s the wrong language for the task. Macromedia flash is pretty good for animated websites, an enterprise asset management system, not so much.

    My current cross to bear in an app written in Mulesoft because “it’s great with Salesforce” but completely unsuited for bulk data transfers.

    Sucks to be stuck with bad choices made before you got there.

  • @someacnt_
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    61 month ago

    There is no good programming language, even including the ones people do not use.

  • Chaos
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    11 month ago

    It’s just node.js that’s why… you’re a deno dude now it’s just your company that is still delayed not you