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0 pointsjvanderbot5mo ago0 comments

While you're of course correct, there's just something that feels off. I'd love if we kept niche, focused-purpose languages once in a while, instead of having every language do everything. If you prioritize everything you prioritize nothing.

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GolDDranks5mo ago

I agree specifically with regards to GC; I think that focusing on being an excellent language for low-level programming (linkable language-agnostic libraries, embedded systems, performance-sensitive systems, high-assurance systems etc.) should continue being the focus.

However, this is 3rd party research. Let all flowers bloom!

sebastianconcpt5mo ago

> If you prioritize everything you prioritize nothing

Well...

If you prioritize everything you prioritize generalism.

(the "nothing" part comes from our natural limitation to pay enough multidisciplinary attention to details but that psychological impression is being nuked with AI as we speak and the efforts to get to AGI are an attempt to make synthetic "intelligence" be able to gain dominion over this spirit before us)

virgilp5mo ago

No, they are quite identical. Both cases logically lead to "now everything has the same priority". There's nothing about generalism in there.

bryanlarsen5mo ago

Just like when hiring developers, there's an advantage in choosing "jack of all trades, master of some".

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