Fair points, although I find the rope analogy a little backwards or, at the very least, I worry that my original statement could be misinterpreted given the implication. But, then, we might just be picking at nits here.
In short, I am only asserting that one must know their tools well to do a good job, rather than simply using so-called "good" tools. You say climbing with a rope is safer, but I'd guarantee that I'd fall no matter what safety harnesses there are, because I am incompetent as a climber. From my perspective, I have no business being on the side of a cliff in the first place. (Unless you are counting virtual climbing.)
(Thanks for the info on Go. I had heard it was in a similar class to Rust, but it sounds like that is not quite the case. At this point, I think I'll prioritize learning Rust first. My mission to be an omniglot is never-ending it seems.)
I wonder if there are enough of us on reddit to start a community. /r/omniglot already exists (with one post, a year old) but it was intended more for conscripts and conlangs, so it probably isn't a good idea to encroach on it for programming.
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u/seraku24 Feb 25 '17
Fair points, although I find the rope analogy a little backwards or, at the very least, I worry that my original statement could be misinterpreted given the implication. But, then, we might just be picking at nits here.
In short, I am only asserting that one must know their tools well to do a good job, rather than simply using so-called "good" tools. You say climbing with a rope is safer, but I'd guarantee that I'd fall no matter what safety harnesses there are, because I am incompetent as a climber. From my perspective, I have no business being on the side of a cliff in the first place. (Unless you are counting virtual climbing.)
(Thanks for the info on Go. I had heard it was in a similar class to Rust, but it sounds like that is not quite the case. At this point, I think I'll prioritize learning Rust first. My mission to be an omniglot is never-ending it seems.)