JaronJun 11, 2020
Darius Kazemi
If you are doing a hobby/fun/learning project where zero or very few other people are ever going to have to look at the code, I recommend using the programming language that causes the most dopamine to be released in your brain when you press the keyboard buttons.
Jun 11, 2020 at 4:39pmWeb
Show threadcodesectionsJun 11, 2020

@darius

> If you are doing a hobby/fun/learning project where zero or very few other people are ever going to have to look at the code, I recommend using the programming language that causes the most dopamine to be released in your brain when you press the keyboard buttons.

Agreed! (and I might extend that to other projects as well…)

Which languages top that list for you?

Show threadDarius KazemiJun 11, 2020
@codesections I'm not lying, for me it is the Motorola 6809 instruction set in raw hexadecimal. This is simply nostalgia factor, it makes me feel like a kid again.
Show threadDarius KazemiJun 11, 2020
@codesections That and GameMaker Studio's entire IDE and scripting language. Again: it's nostalgia. It was building games in GameMaker where I really started to understand computer programming on an architectural level for the first time, so going back to that as I do maybe once a year reminds me of those really good feelings.
Show threadnawordarJun 11, 2020
@codesections
For me its Kotlin. It allows to write really pretty code that it satisfying to look at.
@darius
Show threadallisonJun 11, 2020
@darius zzt-oop it is
Show threadDarius KazemiJun 11, 2020
@aparrish same but for the motorola 6809 instruction set
Show threadranjitJun 11, 2020
@darius @aparrish does rereading that fanfic about Anthony Bourdain in Narnia count as a programming project?
Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardJun 11, 2020
@darius this is why I write all my code in a custom scripting language called Fuck Yeah Josh
Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardJun 11, 2020
@darius you open a code block with "UrDoingGreatSweetie" and close it with "Love,Mom"
Show threadmhoyeJun 11, 2020
@joshmillard @darius you can get a long way with "#define awesome true".
Show threadVertigoJun 11, 2020
@darius Assembly language and Forth for me. :)
Show threadJeff ArmstrongJun 12, 2020
@darius I love this advice!