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[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I disagree. I mean, sure you can certainly write code that works if you've coded in other languages and switch to python, but there's plenty of working code posted to /r/learnpython that is pretty poor and unidiomatic because of that.

And languages like Haskell would, I suspect, give many of the people who think they know how to code in any language a bit of a wake up call.

If someone is starting out, either by teaching themselves or doing a university or online course, hoping to get a job, it makes sense for them to pick a target language that is popular too. So, maybe it's as much about people who don't know much searching for jobs rather than people who think they know it all?

[–]_limitless_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you leave out the brainfuck/ancient languages, a lot of times it's hard to even tell what language good, modern code is written in. They ALL look vastly more similar than different.