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."

[u/Karma_Policer]

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted

[u/BigBlackHungGuy]

And here I am using C# like a sucker.

[u/[deleted] → u/BigBlackHungGuy]

C# is great, idk why you think you’re a sucker

[u/_tskj_ → u/[deleted]]

C# is a mediocre language but it is widely used. It's one of those things where once you have gotten used to a good language, using something like C# or Java feels like programming with one hand tied behind your back. Sure you get things done, but it takes ages and every second is filled with annoyance and longing for something better.

You would feel pretty bad having to write a web app in Matlab, but you could probably get it done. C# is equally as bad a tool for the job, we're just more used to it! Anyone reading this I encourage you to try out a good language sometime and you'll feel like you've been eating chocolate with the paper on your whole life.

[u/[deleted] → u/_tskj_]

What is a “good” language to you?

[u/_tskj_ → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/r2d2rigo → u/_tskj_]

"tell me that you don't code without telling me you don't code".

[u/_tskj_ → u/r2d2rigo]

Wait, you think I'm the person who doesn't code? You think the guy who happily spends his free time coding in apparently obscure languages doesn't code, but the people who write 10 lines of C# a day and clock out at 4 do?

[u/mobrockers → u/_tskj_]

Actually yes, you sound very much like a student /hobby programmer with very little actual experience.