I like this metaphor for this.
Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed?
silly_goose@lemmy.today 5 days ago
Making a new programming language is like creating a new musical instrument.
It represents the creator’s vision of what good music is and how easily and well it produces these sounds.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
schmorpel@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Ah, I like this comparison - something I can relate to. I mostly listen to either European Pre-Renaissance or world music/folk jazz these days. What would that be in programming languages?
silly_goose@lemmy.today 5 days ago
It’s probably C that’s closest in the programming language world. It’s old, stood the test of time and is still popular.
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
C, in some ways, is probably like a Xylophone because I always “get assembly” when I think it, and I know bits are the drum line and the CPU is the drummer.
Napster153@lemmy.world 5 days ago
So can we expect some dude whose gradually going blind to be the programmer equivalent of Mozart to write the single greatest script soon?
silly_goose@lemmy.today 5 days ago
yea I imagine some Haskell genius already wrote the greatest script in the world. But they are not famous because only a few shy programmers can understand it.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Psst, that was Beethoven who went blind. Mozart made the fart songs.