What does it say about a person like me who reads all these damn memes even though I don’t know jack shit about programming?
You’re a geek.
When I saw this reply in my inbox I honestly had no idea which of my posts it was going to be related to because it could probably apply to most of them.
They bite the heads off live chickens!?
I’m like that because:
- I need a hobby
- weird history with programming, but never actually liked any programming language enough to have a real project.
- now I found a niche language* that I like but so far it’s just not where I want get started (one example, still no bindings for Godot 4)
- Ray almost tricked me into making a framework for a framework but I saw right through that
- personal issues
*=Nim
Might I suggest a Haskell for the indecisive diner?
Right off the bat no Godot 4 bindings at least that I’m seeing in search, so that problem persists.
I’m not quite sure on style but I want a jack-of-all-trades language (speed, ease, capability, options, platform options etc) and that’s a high bar. Nim seems like an outlier from everything I can see.
Actually no, some of the Haskell syntax stuff I’m seeing it making me mad.
Alternatively, it’s a dirty language, but PHP is supremely usable.
The truth about programming is that the language isn’t really that important, they can all be translated back and forth and the choice of what to use is usually made for you.
The truth about programming is that the language isn’t really that important
I have had the thought that many languages have bindings for Raylib, so that lowers the bar a lot.
Beyond that, I can see a lot of problems. I already could use Raylib and a few other types of frameworks/libraries (UI, webui, TUI, fantasy console, scripting, microcontroller stuff) potentially, so any other language has to allow more/better options than that. Particularly as I don’t really have ideas for those (with few-or-no tools) right now to start there.
Alternatively, it’s a dirty language, but PHP is supremely usable.
For your consideration, a moment of Master Shake to represent me (alternate 1, alternate 2)
Never worked with nim or godot, but it is able to call c routines? So I guess you would be able to call to gdnative?
Likely isn’t gonna be beatifull, but it should work.
It’s something like that, but way beyond me so I couldn’t get something manually let-alone full bindings. I was making a polygon loader+text format for Raylib and didn’t even finish that somewhat due to it not being straightforward to properly implement/use (beyond what I had already that is, and that I’d probably need to make an editor too). And a big reason for wanting Godot is to create and animate polygons in-engine eye example with an editor so yeah I’d rather wait.
maybe, on off-chance, you fall under the term script monkey?
it’s like someone who understands well enough to run things but not grok through.
just remembered stumbling on it while reading some sci-fi.
Hahaha nope. 99% of these are utter nonsense to me.
It says you should write some damn code.
Anyone can program, granted they aren’t intimidated by the concept… It’s actually very easy, and most professionals are pretty bad at it.
I, and probably lots of others, would be happy to recommend a starting point based on your interests. If nothing else, it will make you smarter
Ah yes, React - my favorite programming language
Second only to the unsung hero that didn’t make it to the image, CSS
If you’re favourite is CSS you are an artist.
Behold!
Anyone who says Matlab is their favorite programming language is very misguided
Removed by mod
At least with labview there’s all sorts of NI proprietary shit which makes instrumenting labview equipment slightly less torturous. Matlab is literally just expensive Python inside the world’s worst GUI and one indexing so it’s annoying to port algorithms out of it
How dare you speak that name to me
Or haven’t used others
It’s the only programming language I really delved into. I haven’t had to program since college. I found it very useful.
“You are an engineer and a nerd”
We call them “enginerds”, thank you very much.
What language is that one?
Thanks!
Matlab
My relationship with JavaScript is more like an abusive relationship that I can’t escape from because it pays all the bills.
It’s worth going hungry in the dark. Lawyer up and hit the gym. JS doesn’t deserve you.
And a Python developer is born!
Source: I moved on from an abusive relationship with JavaScript to a healthy not-at-all-controlling equal partner relationship with Python. And four spaces makes perfect sense, once I really considered Python’s point of view…
You don’t have to go from crazy to slightly less crazy. You could try living that lean compiled life.
We can go leaner. Why use a compiler when an assembler is all you need?
Good point. Why stop there?
These days that’s still python
Strong types are really just healthy, clearly defined boundaries
You just described my life. JS is hell.
You guys are using typescript right? … right?
Yes. However, The same cannot be said for every other dev on the project.
Typescript helps a lot but JS still lacks a lot of the functionality, and especially the tooling, available in other frameworks.
Going from ASP.Net Core to NestJS is like digging holes with a shovel instead of a backhoe. It feels like a huge downgrade. And then half your time is spent dealing with the incredibly finicky dev environment.
I am not impressed.
Interesting! I have built several projects entirely in TS or with react/next frontends and I enjoy the DX a lot now that I have the experience with the overwhelming breadth of options out there. It was very frustrating and overwhelming for me at first though. I found Dockerizing to help with consistency and finickiness.
Just curious, what are you missing most from asp.net core?
Try typescript
Not all of these are programming languages btw
You’re a nerd for knowing that.
You’re a nerd for calling them out about it.
I was basically begging for that comment ^^
Scripting languages are for popular kids and jocks.
I don’t know all of them, but I was talking about React being a framework, not a language.
Hah, I kinda glossed over that one. Not sure what the downvote is about, it’s a joke. JS and PHP are the two I’m most familiar with and they’re scripting languages, not “proper” programming languages. That doesn’t make them any less serious. Anyway, React, being a library for a scripting language, is two steps removed.
matlab is considered a programming language but that piece of shit acts more like a scripting language than php
A scripting language is certainly a programming language. In fact, it can be hard to even draw a line at all. PHP is just-in-time compiled, and has static analysis tools that can catch errors that are normally considered “compile-time” - scripting language or no? Is Typescript compiled? Are JVM bytecode and WASM just very low level scripting languages? Can you write a powerful web application using BASH? What even is Lisp, in this context? “Scripting language” is a poor abstraction, really.
Scripting languages are a subset of programming languages though.
MATLAB is such a scam. Luckily a growing amount of universities are starting to realise it.
I really enjoyed using MATLAB in school and it really helped with some of my graduate stuff. What scummy stuff are they up to? Any alternatives you’d recommend?
Python with numpy/matplotlib/scipy.
What You’re acc to your fav language
Parse error in
/usr/lib/dict/en_all.hI am not a nerd, I am actually a gigachad. Selfie
This interface is bloated
How did you take a selfie with your feet? Impressive.
If you recognize them all, you’re a double nerd
Can I be a 1.99x nerd if I missed the bird one? (Swift, from a quick search)
Guess I’m one.
Am I delusional or am I really that nerdy? Who doesn’t recognise at least one of these?
I feel like they’re all super common language/frameworks
Why are we all accumulators?
What about PowerShell?
Have you ever been to PowerShell Summit? It’s the only nerd conference I’ve ever attended where only about half the attendees actually realized they are nerds at a nerd conference. I love the vibe. It’s got style and pizzazz.
That said, the added entry for PowerShell would still be: “You are a nerd.”
No, but now that’s absolutely on my radar, lol.
And yes! Woohoo!
My favorite programming language is VBA
Legit tho you can do crazy shit with VBA. Excel is not sandboxed.
Lost and confused nerd.
I don’t have a favorite language, I just hate haskell less than all the other languages I have tried.
Do you get a heart attack every time you need to write to a database, effectively causing a side-effect? Only real Haskell developers do.
Dude, I have a heart attack when I lift a finger, causing a side effect to the keyboard.
In fact, I have a heart attack whenever my heart starts beating, causing a side effect in my veins.
Damn, this guy Haskells.
Haskellers Haskell their way through Haskell. Simple.
Omg, it’s scary how accurate this is!
I am a nerd!Mine is “nobody cares about camels anymore”
Oh, Camels…
Is that an OCaml reference/joke?
Perl. But OCaml works too, I guess.
We’re old nerds.
The poetry contests were great. I miss that.
