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You can pry pattern matching from my cold dead hands (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 12 hours ago by flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 57 points 9 hours ago

Programming languages, much like the jackass in the middle, are tools. Different tools are for different things. The right tool for the job can make your day. The wrong tool can make you question your entire career.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I seem to remember hearing this story: Back in the 2000s, Google did all their back-end stuff in C++ to make sure it was performant, and when they acquired Youtube they found it was made in Python, slow to run, fast to develop.

[-] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

Funny how tools are useful. But a person who is a tool is not.

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

Tools are always useful. If its a good thing to (ab)use said tool depends on the tool and if its human or not :p
... And the job for the tool ofc

[-] MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago

A tool of a person is a fool who is being used by someone else. They might not be useful to you, but to who ever makes the koolaid they're drinking, they're a very good tool.

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