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by nextaccountic 739 days ago
I don't see why anyone should be a $LANG dev. All programming languages suck (there is this theoretical language that doesn't suck, but it isn't invented yet). Surely $LANG devs recognize that their language sucks, right?

And that's why we switch languages constantly. For some problems, some languages suck a little less.

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I agree with your sentiment for the inverse reason.

Most programming languages are pretty neat. Learning is a joy. That's why language hops are fun and common.

But yes, few things make me cringe more than someone selling themselves short by introducing themselves as a $LANG dev

> And that's why we switch languages constantly

I only have one life and I prefer not to suffer too much; switching languages is not helping me at all in preventing that suffering.

Gooby doesn't suck though. (I'm not joking.)