Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by tariqali34 » Wed, May 25, 2016, 2:44 AM UTC

Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]
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Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by ChicagoDave » Wed, May 25, 2016, 2:50 AM UTC

Awesome.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

#3

Post by superobserver » Wed, May 25, 2016, 2:53 AM UTC

I know this is a generic joke, but the use of [spoiler] is a pretty good punchline. We could use more of this.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by chrstphrhrt » Wed, May 25, 2016, 3:23 AM UTC

Haha, but srsly I'm struggling with callback hell on the server coming from [lang_p], does this still apply?

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by nickpsecurity » Wed, May 25, 2016, 3:58 AM UTC

superobserver wrote: post #3

I know this is a generic joke, but the use of [spoiler] is a pretty good punchline. We could use more of this.

Yeah, [spoiler] killed the applicability of this where I couldn't cut and paste it here during the language fights. Yet, I bust out laughing seeing [spoiler]. That was just too funny. Especially "corroboration" that followed.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by hoodoof » Wed, May 25, 2016, 4:37 AM UTC

Igor, this is magnificent. All it needs is a generator script to select language X and language Y, or database X and database Y and then autopost to Hacker News.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by hoodoof » Wed, May 25, 2016, 4:38 AM UTC

chrstphrhrt wrote: post #4

Haha, but srsly I'm struggling with callback hell on the server coming from [lang_p], does this still apply?

If you are in callback hell then you should be using ES2015 with ES7's async/await.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by kazinator » Wed, May 25, 2016, 5:09 AM UTC

hoodoof wrote: post #6

Igor, this is magnificent. All it needs is a generator script to select language X and language Y, or database X and database Y and then autopost to Hacker News.

Also, random selector of hello worlds from Rosetta Code.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by tariqali34 » Wed, May 25, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

nickpsecurity wrote: post #5

superobserver wrote: post #3

I know this is a generic joke, but the use of [spoiler] is a pretty good punchline. We could use more of this.

Yeah, [spoiler] killed the applicability of this where I couldn't cut and paste it here during the language fights. Yet, I bust out laughing seeing [spoiler]. That was just too funny. Especially "corroboration" that followed.

Interestingly, I really liked [spoiler] too, but I also hoped that this blog post could be reused in future language fights (and it is a shame that [spoiler] could prevent that). Potentially a revised version of this blog post could be helpful.

Anyway, this link (http://joelgrus.com/2013/12/24/why-programming-language-x-is...) is decent enough for copying and pasting.

Re: Why I Left [Language_1] for [Language_2]

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Post by tariqali34 » Wed, May 25, 2016, 12:18 PM UTC

hoodoof wrote: post #6

Igor, this is magnificent. All it needs is a generator script to select language X and language Y, or database X and database Y and then autopost to Hacker News.

I'm doubtful that Hacker News would tolerate autoposts. But it would make for an excellent "Show HN" sideproject that somebody can make to boost their coding skills.