Christopher M. HobbsMay 1, 2017
I'm not sure why I never ran with Python. It seems like the logical progression on gnu/linux systems from the days of Perl. Somehow I fell into Ruby for general purpose programming. Part of me feels like I should shore up my Python and C knowledge for my daily driving but I need to hone my golang and JavaScript chops for work. Trying to shoehorn lisp into everything and being enticed by things like elixir is making those decisions even harder. I worry about becoming irrelevant as a programmer by not keeping up with the flavor of the week and I worry about not being able to maintain my systems by not getting more comfortable with the staples.
Show threadkatMay 1, 2017
@hobbsc I'm not a programmer, but i learnt basic at school, Fortran at university, C whilst unemployed, and tiny bits of Java later...
Show threadkatMay 1, 2017
@hobbsc … but when I need to do stuff these days I pick up python and bash…because they suit my job…
Show threadkatMay 1, 2017
@hobbsc but I think I would like to make time for JavaScript because of nodjs, and Haskell because of homotopy type theory univalence
Show threadChristopher M. Hobbs
@kat I hate all things js but it is unfortunately necessary to my work.
May 1, 2017 at 4:06pmWeb
Show threadkatMay 1, 2017
@hobbsc why the js hate?
Show threadChristopher M. HobbsMay 1, 2017
@kat i don't have enough space in this notice box.  mostly it's due to the fact that it silently fails often, behaves in ways one does not expect unless you've used it forever, and is often poorly written.