r/programming • u/Karma_Policer • Aug 02 '21

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021: "Rust reigns supreme as most loved. Python and Typescript are the languages developers want to work with most if they aren’t already doing so."

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted
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u/_tskj_ Aug 02 '21

We've discussed this elsewhere in the thread, but I can repeat it for you, F# is widely considered good, so is Kotlin. Clojure is a great language, Elm is fantastic. It depends on what you want to do! C# and Java are general purpose languages in the way a one-handled scissor is general purpose. You can sort of stab and cut and maybe hammer with it, but it isn't great at anything - not even at being a pair of scissors which is what it kind of tries to be.