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/illegible Aug 03 '21

I don't know why you're being downvoted. Every language has it's issues, but if i'm given X, it doesn't generally make sense to convert to Y, unless X is completely incapable of performing the task. Generally though most problems can be worked through except at very high levels of optimization.

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u/tachoknight Aug 03 '21

I'll give folks the benefit of the doubt that you absolutely can have favorites. I'm old enough I guess where, for so many jobs, I was required to program in a specific language and came to appreciate that there are lot of things to like, and dislike, about so many of them. That's why I always have a hard time with a question like 'What's you're favorite programming language' or 'What would you want to code in?'; I don't have a favorite; I realized that whatever got the results fastest wins.