Stop comparing programming languagesprogramming.devimage chraebsli ( @chraebsli@programming.dev ) Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 4 months ago message-square93fedilinkarrow-up1384
arrow-up1384imageStop comparing programming languagesprogramming.dev chraebsli ( @chraebsli@programming.dev ) Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 4 months ago message-square93fedilink
Stop comparing programming languages Python is versatile JavaScript is powerful Ruby is elegant C is essential C++ Java is robust
minus-square odium ( @odium@programming.dev ) linkfedilink10•edit-24 months agoThat 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.).
minus-square echindod ( @echindod@programming.dev ) linkfedilink8•4 months agoPython 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?
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink4•edit-24 months ago Python is powerful because it easily wraps C libraries that do real work! Just kidding mostly. Not kidding. There’s no rule against that though. It’s good at it’s niche.
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?
Not kidding. There’s no rule against that though. It’s good at it’s niche.