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3 pointsm1sta_4y ago6 comments

Packages and popularity aside, what programming language do you personally think has the best balance of brevity, expressiveness, and readability

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ilovhn4y ago· 2 in thread

Java. <3

m1sta_OP4y ago

You don't find it verbose?

ilovhn4y ago

Yeah but that's quite a small issue i think.

manx4y ago

Scala got lots of details right. The ecosystem is not as big as e.g. typescript but I'm already using it exclusively to build full stack apps in production.

neutrino0074y ago

C# Developer productivity is unbeatable.

Swift ?

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