Poll: Do we really need more programming languages?
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Continuing the discussion from Requesting good books for my summer vacation.:
Haskell has about 14,000 questions on Stack Overflow, Clojure 7,500...
To be honest I am overwhelmed on the massive release of new programming languages and frameworks...Its getting stupid.
- Yes. Every language so far has unacceptable drawbacks, but I'm sure we'll get it right this time.
- No.
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- Your list of answers is inherently biased
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I could not resist the zeitgeist with my vote. And that makes me feel @FILE_NOT_FOUND.
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All programming languages that need to be there have already been created! ™
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We need more programming languages, preferably with further, interesting, and novel abstractions. Not the same old shit warmed over again.
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I agree in principle, but in practice we usually get the same old warmed-over shit. When we do get a language with novel abstractions, everyone says it's weird and doesn't use it.
Field under: ever heard of Factor?
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And while innovations are good, there are whole classes of problems they cannot possibly solve.
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All you need is 5 programming languages.
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All we need is Brainfuck and an inetrpreter that can handle an infinite number of infinite tapes.
Filed under: You kids with your classes and librarires, Get off my lawn
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All we need is Brainfuck and an inetrpreter that can handle an infinite number of infinite tapes.
Filed under: You kids with your classes and librarires, Get off my lawn
InfiniteScroll ™
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Here is where I land in the popular languages.
Here is where I found it...Obviously not comprehensive.
Doesn't include the vast array of frameworks either. You could add 500 flavors to this list if that was included.
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I am shocked that SQL is below Assembly and Ruby.
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Are you my coworker? You singled out the exact languages at my shop >.>
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Your chart illustrates my point (that nobody uses languages with novel abstractions) quite nicely.
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Is this going to turn into a romcom?
Yamikuronue: "Are you the Frank that is sitting next to me right now?" Frank: "Err... my picture is like *right there*."
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And then at the end of the episode I meet the new contractor that got hired while my car was broken down and it's Frank.... I think I've got that one TiVo'd
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This is not scientific. For example if you just cut the list down to web programming languages. The list changes dramatically. (I found that somewhere on that link I provided).
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I wonder if we might have crossed paths. Are you in Ohio and if so did you/do you work at Kroger Corporation?
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I would probably blend in well in your shop
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I am in Ohio, but I don't and never have worked for Kroger.
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Yes but before the episode ended I was contacted by my long lost father who abandoned me when I was 7 in the South Dakota lap-lands where I ate roots and ran wild with packs of cats. Later I would be taught to walk and to take showers instead of lick-grooming myself.
On the phone call, my father told me he had 'the cancers'. I quit my new job that day. Alone and depressed I made my way down the tarmac to the 1950's era propeller powered Connie. You called out but the props were too loud. I rounded the corner and disappeared through the door.
Your hand went down and imagined what life could have been had things been different and we had a delicious Starbucks treat while we went over unit test results of my amazing code that I would have programmed for (insert your company name here).
But just then the plane exploded and this smoldering feral Frank landed at your feet in a heap.
The last and only audible sound you could discern was one word...."Rosebud"....
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In side of every help documenting guy, there is an author trying to get out.
[spoiler]as illustrated by frank's post[/spoiler]
Filed: How many help files did you write? Robohelp, help me know.
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...then, Frank wakes up and realizes he's suddenly not in a romantic comedy. Staring through the window, he notices a faint glimpse of movement in the darkness surrounding his house. He gets up to investigate, only to see Yamikuronue and a strange old man in a fedora hat holding hands, with their heads turned towards him. He seems to recognize the man from his younger years, years of bliss and joy, when everything was so simple.
He holds his hand against the window, quietly whispering "Father... it's been so many years...". But the man doesn't react, he keeps standing there, with his gaze focused on the window and his irises widening up until they take his whole eyes, shrouding them in darkness. Then he grabs the girl and they wander away into the night.
Shuddering, Frank decides to get back to coding. The door to the study was only so slightly ajar, with a glimpse of light coming from the opening. He opens it up, barely noticing the strange wet sensation on the soles of his bare foot. Suddenly, he steps back, terrified.
The room is doused with blood, on the walls, on the floor, on the simple mahogany desk he got as a graduation present from his mother. In the middle of the room sits Yamikuronue, with her eyes as dark as his fathers', smiling from her chair and with her hands on the keyboard.
Come with me, Frank... she says, and wih her every word, the room becomes colder and colder. Let's wr͜ite some unit tests for your b͜ęa͜u̴ti̡f͡ul͏,̵ ͢be̸autiful code...
Slowly, carefully, Frank waĺk͟s̀ ̨t͘owards her and takes a peek at ͞t͟h͢e̶ ̸m͞òn̕itor. It's my code!, he thinks. But... but w̨hat͝ ́h̸àp͡pe̵n͡ed ͡t͠ò it? The statements were b͟arely d͠is̀t̛i͢nguishable among the strange c̒͌ḧ́̋ar͝a͞c̛̎t̏ͪerͤ͆̂̚sͫ͢ ̵ͦ̋͌̍̌͋ͤb̷̽͒͌̍̽̿r͆ē̄͆͆̐̀ǎ͆̉͂̓̀king the lines, break̎̍i͛̓̀n̍̉́ĝͣ̇̓̆̕ ̅̋̌̑͐͜tͤ͑͢ḧ̿̆͑͞e ̽͗ͫ̈̽w͆̿͏i͛̉̈ņ͆̅̿̊̉dͫ́͗͌̑̃̓ơw͊̌ͫ͛͐̽, and slowly w̴̞̩̘̠̫̗̥o̴͈̱̦̗̦̫r̷̹͇͔̲k̻̘͓̘̳i҉̬͙̣̯͓͇n̘̦͎g͏̠͖ ̦̳͟t̷̲̫͈̻̰̫͎h̺͇̮͙̫e̵̤i̸̺̬r͖ ͖̤w̼̝͓͇a̮̼͕̘̳y͍̤̲̜̺ͅ ̡̬͙͚̳̙o̘̥̮͎̖̮u͢ͅt͜ o̘͕f͏̙̲̯̖ the old CRT monitor...
Suddenly, h̕e ͘f̴e̷éls̛ a̢ h̀a͏n͟d͝ ͘on͘ hi̵s ̵shoulder.
Y̕o̶u ͢s͞ho̢l͞d̡n͠'t͝ ͟ha̷ve d͜òne͟ t̴ha̸t͞...͏ Y҉o̕u ͏t́ho͠u̴g̴h͡t ҉ìt ̸w̢ás ̸no̶t͡h҉ing, ̛i͡t͡ ͞w͜as ͢jus̵t͟ ̨a ̴s͜ub̸se͏t ͢of ́H̛TML͞,́ an͢d ͠i͢t́ ̵w̸as ͝w͘éĺl de̷f́i̸n̕e͢d.̸.̧.̕ ͞
Aņd ̡t͡he͡n͠, ̶he͠ ́r͞e̸m̧e̛m͜be͡r҉e҉d.͟
Yo̴͘͞ư̶͠ ̵̨̧s̷h̢͞o͡u͜͜l̷̸͢d́̕͜n̢'̕͡͠t̴̛ ̢͠h͠a̶̕͜v̵͘e͡҉ ̶w͠ŗ͡͝i҉tt͘͟e͠ń̡̕ ͝th͝at͜͡ ̨͢͡re̵͞g̷̀́e̷x̨͢͞.͜͡.͠.̵́͜
y̖̙̣̟̖̼̥̝̜͟͢o̶͉̹̞̬̕u͉̟̘̳̙̹̲̮̬̣̹̩͡ ̶̧͇̳̣̟̰̺̝͍͟͡s̡͎̮̱̱̬̜̖̳͙͈̻̼͈͞ḫ̙̭̣̤͓͕͈̬́͢ò̢̞̱̹͇̹͔̳̟̲̘̹͘ͅú̶̀͏̟͙̬͎͔̜̺̩͙̳̟̖̮̱l͏̵̨̜̣̳̼͚̤̠̗̬͎̯̣̕͟d͇̣͎͖͓̼̮̯͈͜͜ͅn̨͍͙̠̗̞̝͟͢͞'҉̧̫̤̜͈̀t̨̩̯̣̩͉̱̟̤̙̜̻͍̣̟̙͙͇͉͘ ̵̨̠͖̼̻̩͙͍́͜ḩ͖͖̰͈́͡a̧͇̝͕͈͖̝̺̰̕͘͜v̶̧͙̪̥̬̗̼̻͈̟̤͖͉̹͈̘̲̩̼̖͢e̺̹͙̳̜͓̥̪̠̟͈͖̝͙͍̭̕͟͝.̛̫̜̻̦̟̯̼̜̩̠̼̱̝͟ͅ.̸͘͢͏̮̦̟̦̭̭̬͇̠͎͔̩͎͙̖͠.̼̪̲̯͍͚̣̫̲̙̹̖̀͜͡
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Another help file documenter has come out of closet.
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We need something nice to replace JavaScript.
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Google Dart?
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Emphasis on nice
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Still waiting for the Chosen One.
IMO not gonna happen this decade. The best we can hope for is some kind of seamless cross-compiler with built-in debugging support. Probably each browser vendor will pick their champion: Google with dart, Microsoft with some kind of C# bastard (potentially TypeScript) and Apple with their new C# wannabe. Only Mozilla will likely stick with pure javascript.
Browser wars will decide the victor more than the merits of the languages themselves.
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Still waiting for the Chosen One.
IMO not gonna happen this decade. The best we can hope for is some kind of seamless cross-compiler with built-in debugging support. Probably each browser vendor will pick their champion: Google with dart, Microsoft with some kind of C# bastard (potentially TypeScript) and Apple with their new C# wannabe. Only Mozilla will likely stick with pure javascript.
Browser wars will decide the victor more than the merits of the languages themselves.
Mozilla will fade away into Netscape obscurity.
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The best we can hope for is some kind of seamless cross-compiler with built-in debugging support.
I want a cross-compiler that works with all programming languages as both the input and the output so I can use whatever debugger I feel like that day.
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I want a cross-compiler that works with all programming languages as both the input and the output so I can use whatever debugger I feel like that day.
I'm working on one that works with every IDE except Eclipse.
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Yup. It's almost as if Google pays for Firefox development so they won't get called a browser monopoly when Microsoft quits making IE.
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Yup. It's almost as if Google pays for Firefox development so they won't get called a browser monopoly when Microsoft quits making IE.That
That its true.
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This was insane....and fun... it had the dual effect of TL;DR and the aesthetics of chinese cuneiform all with a real story.
Filed under: Like a dream within a dream.
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I am in Ohio
Whoa, another buckeye? I was surprised to see @Frank is too...
Filed under: only state that doesn't share any letters with the word "mackerel"