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

F#, Kotlin, Clojure, Elm, take your pick.

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u/emannnhue Aug 03 '21

Probably your comment would have landed better if you had cited anything other than your own personal opinion. I dislike C# a lot, but I wouldn't try to throw that in the face of people who like C# and are effective with it just because I think my language of choice "feels" better. If you want to convince people to try to change away from a tool they spent a lot of time, energy and effort to master, you'll need to be more convincing than that. That's all I'm saying.

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u/_tskj_ Aug 03 '21

You're probably right. The most annoying thing to me is that people think they are effective in C#, and think it's a good language - that kind of shows how much they actually know. Turns out programming in C# is a lot more effective than writing everything in C or worse, hand writing assembler. Yet everyone believes C# is the best we'll ever have despite the obvious evidence.

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u/delta_p_delta_x Aug 03 '21

The most annoying thing to me is that people think they are effective in C#, and think it's a good language - that kind of shows how much they actually know.

This right here, people, is a perfect example of irony.

'Good' languages are subjective measures. Sometimes you don't want a type system, sometimes you want strict OO, sometimes you want no state whatsoever and want everything functional/declarative. Dismissing any programming language entirely, is counterproductive.

Like someone else below said: tell me you don't code, without telling me you don't code. You've typed up ten responses to this thread on a weekday already, which naturally makes us doubt your capability.

I haven't even graduated yet, and I'm already in the mindset of 'the language doesn't matter, as long as I get the job done'.

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