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0 pointsLexiMax8mo ago0 comments

Some people enjoy the relative simplicity and straight forwardness of C, some folks enjoy the flexibility and zero cost abstractions C++ gives you.

Some people can appreciate both. I actually like both languages for different reasons and I don't really understand why they're consistently being pitted against each other. Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.

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tayo428mo ago· 2 in thread

With limited time and mental energy and I woukd say the languages are fighting for attention. The war is over why should I pay attention and for territory in my head.

LexiMaxOP8mo ago

Because this industry is a knowledge-based industry, and it's a good idea in general to always be honing your skills and learning something new.

Even if you don't have any intentions of using a new language in your day to day career, there's usually a few super-interesting morsels in there that you can add to your knowledge banks.

I've personally lost count of the number of times I took a concept I learned in another language or technology stack and applied it to my day job.

eikenberry8mo ago

There's a big difference between learning from a language and mastering a language and the competition is around the latter.

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hnlmorg8mo ago

> Language wars are... for lack of a more appropriate and less-crass term... stupid.

I couldn’t agree more!

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