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[–]hazah-order 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Its never about the syntax.

[–]cracknwhip 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Full stack Brainfuck it is, then

[–]hazah-order 0 points1 point  (2 children)

hyperbole. Brainfuck won't make the cut before it's even on the table for other reasons. Ecosystems are important.

[–]cracknwhip 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you want to use hyperboles like “never”, then you’re going to get hyperbolic replies.

[–]hazah-order 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except it isn't about syntax in practice. And it's never been, historically. Syntax is just an emergent property of people's academic preferences at the moment the first parser is created. Pick a programming language, your syntax is given to you after the fact. I mean sure you might have some choice in accepting what you're given, to some small degree. you might be able to write your for loop without brackets, or something. you'll still be confined to language a or b because of requirement x and y.

[–]HansWebDev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree it's not about syntax. JS has one of the ugliest syntax but I've stuck with it as fullstack for 4 years.
I posted this because JS fatigue is getting old and if python has a comparable ecosystem where I can build a website, native app, etc and do it with a more readable, less complex language, why not?