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by Alifatisk 915 days ago
Just use the language needed to get the job done, stop sticking to a single language like its a cult.
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That’s, wow, that’s exactly what all this is. Cults.

People obsessed with “X but in Y”, or “only use Z language everywhere” are just cult members.

People acting like there is a language for a problem are honestly delusional. Most problems can be solved in most languages, which is why they are called general purpose languages, so you have to make a choice somehow.
Yeah, I mean more like this:

Stock to one language while it works until you feel another would be more suitable.

For example, I like Ruby, but sometimes Ruby is not suitable like for performance critical applicationa, then I’d switch to Crystal or C.