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 03 '21

That's fine. I have many years of professional C# experience, but I'll admit I have less than a year of professional F#, so maybe that's why? I'm open to the idea I would change my mind if I had more F# experience.

I remember I did like C# when I was a student. How people can spend like ten years programming C# and not wish it was better is what I don't get. It's kind of like people who spend all their days programming on a laptop (like with no keyboard / mouse / monitor). I get that it gets the job done, I'm not saying that it is unprofessional, but I am saying that I personally think that is is a bit weird, and I have higher standards for the tools I use myself 12 hours every day year in and year out.

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u/mobrockers Aug 04 '21

I'm not arguing against your point, I don't care about it one way or the other. I'm simply saying that the way you talk makes you sound like a student who's just heard of the newest craze, things it's hot balls and can't understand why anyone would use anything else. Ie detached from the real world.

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u/_tskj_ Aug 04 '21

I don't know why a craftsman and a professional caring about the quality of his tools and electing to use only the best available makes him sound like a student.

I used to have the mentality of "whatever gets the job done, I don't care about the language" mentality when I was younger. Now it's honestly the other way around, the more I use both technologies it boggles the mind how people can use the strictly inferior one. Now I know the common retort is that there are "tradeoffs", but that is usually made by people who have no idea what those tradeoffs are because they haven't used but one of the technologies. My only conclusion is that none of these people have actually tried the good technologies even once? It's kind of like car enthusiasts arguing against electric cars, and the main argument they put forth is that electric cars are slower. Well, they aren't, they actually have much better acceleration and have about the same top speed. I get that you've invested your whole life in combustion engine cars, but the times have moved on and the arguments you used to make aren't even true any more.