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by vacuity 396 days ago
> It's getting from point A to point B with whatever works best given the circumstances after considering all the pros and cons.

I agree with you on this, but on this forum that's full of people who write software, I'm skeptical that making better software isn't often (usually?) the better choice. But I understand that this is one of those "critical mass" things where a few people can't do nearly as much.

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The point is that "better" is relative to a whole bunch of trade-offs that you have to manage and pick and choose per language per project pre need, and just like in spoken language, there's no obvious Perfect Software Language. They all have trade-offs.
Sure, but different languages tend towards different outcomes, and I think we rather should be going towards certain outcomes.
We finally agree U+1F91D