Stop comparing programming languages

  • Python is versatile
  • JavaScript is powerful
  • Ruby is elegant
  • C is essential
  • C++
  • Java is robust
  •  odium   ( @odium@programming.dev ) 
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    4 months ago

    That makes it versatile, not powerful.

    When I hear powerful language, I think of languages that are good at intensive tasks like assembly, c, rust, Python (because of numpy, pandas, pyspark, cuda, etc.).

    • Python is powerful because it easily wraps C libraries that do real work! Just kidding mostly.

      But yeah, js isn’t a language I would describe as powerful. Ubiquitous? More capable than you would expect given it’s history? Bloated?