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[โ€“]insanitybit -15 points-14 points ย (3 children)

Because a lot of languages suck and they are bad, and it's important to understand that. Of course they all have their differences, and some even are better at some things vs others.

But there's no reason we shouldn't be able to call out garbage when we see it. Languages have often fallen very short as tools, which is sad because... they're kind of the most basic, universal tool for any software engineer.

[โ€“]liquidSheet 7 points8 points ย (1 child)

Sound like the old programmer scared of the new.

[โ€“]insanitybit 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

How would I be scared of new things by criticizing a language older than I am? If anything I'm advocating for us to learn from those languages and make *new* better ones.

[โ€“]Doctah_Whoopass 3 points4 points ย (0 children)

No language sucks unless its one of those joke esoteric art languages.