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by h8liu 3199 days ago
an army of "toddler" developers can overthrow a single hero in terms of productivity, and using a "toddler" programming language makes sure that newly joined "toddlers" can understand (and also maintain or upgrade) existing code, so that the army can just keep growing.
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Karrot_Kream 3199 days ago
Oh I'm not disagreeing there. I prefer not being a soldier altogether though. There's a reason I didn't go into the military.

I'd also suggest that an army of experienced devs is more effective than an army of non-experienced "toddlers". Programming languages and CS fundamentals aren't elite, impenetrable cliques; they can be learned.

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sidlls 3199 days ago
They aren't elite, but the latter are already overemphasized and have very little to do with writing quality code or engineering, with some few exceptions.

And the choice of language is incidental for the most part as well.

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chi18 3199 days ago
> an army of "toddler" developers can overthrow a single hero in terms of productivity

Depends on what you mean by toddler.

Golang devs imo are not toddlers. The point seemed to be that golang devs could just learn to write C, which is valid. So could Rust developers. But if that was the goal, you'd think both groups would only be using C.

When I think of "toddler" developers, I think of interns being hired into a company to write code with no experience working under mid-level developers that also lack experience, and 5 years later you have what is called f-ing hell. I've worked at a company like that before, and know someone that worked in a company that was mostly VB developers. Same concept but without interns.

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mathw 3198 days ago
And that disaster situation is going to happen regardless of what language they happen to be working in.
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chi18 3198 days ago
For sure. The problems happen when insufficient experience, knowledge, and leadership is combined with anything.

With enough fuel, fire, and gained wisdom, anything is achievable.

But, 10 kids playing with building blocks can't easily build an automobile, whereas one smart, dedicated engineer with a lot of metal, some tires, and better tools could pull it off. So, tools and resources matter, too.

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