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Stop comparing programming languages (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by chraebsli@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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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[–] 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.