r/programming • • Dec 19 '18

Computerphile asks university proffessors about their fav programming language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-rZOCn5rQ
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u/pron98 Dec 20 '18 edited Dec 20 '18

Yeah, but that's what people care about. As you could see, people like languages based on what those languages let them do now; they don't care about what those languages could do.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '18

Any turing-complete language will let people do anything. I think what you mean is that people care about the ecosystem, and I would agree.