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0 pointsdkersten4d ago0 comments

Typescript wins in terms of training data IMHO, by which I mean that the training data is large enough that AI does great with TS, and the language is (IMHO) superior to Python in many ways.

I personally now use a mixture of Typescript and Rust for most things, including AI coding. Its been working quite well. (AI doesn't handle Rust as well as TS, in that the code isn't quite idiomatic, but it does ok)

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CuriouslyC4d ago

It turns out that volume of training data isn't the most important thing. Elixir beats Kotlin and C#, which beat pretty much everything else. Kotlin is probably the sweet spot for most things.

eager_learner4d ago

"sweet spot for most things." care to expand on this a bit? Thanks.

CuriouslyC3d ago

Kotlin has the combination of JVM ecosystem, overall good performance and agents are good at writing it. I'd argue that it's a better default choice to reach for when working on non-frontend code than Go, though Rust and Python still have use cases.

eager_learner3d ago

Thanks, that makes sense. I agree.

dkerstenOP4d ago

Not the most important thing, but it certainly helps.

eager_learner4d ago

Upvoted you, because the downvotes from the Python cult are unfair.

dkerstenOP3d ago

Haha thanks. Funny thing is, I’ve been a long time Python fan, learning it in 2001 and using it extensively for a long time. But then I learned Clojure, Typescript, and recently Rust and I’ve found Python to be quite flawed. But it sure does have a cult following.

eager_learner3d ago

:) I use Python as well-- so i am not anti-Pythonic in any strict sense. However, I don't like culltification of technology, be it Python or whatever else. Have you tried F#? It gave me a very good experience.

dkerstenOP1d ago

Only briefly for fun (and OCaml too but very long ago). F# does seem like a language I feel I could really like, though.

I’ve tinkered a little in Gleam and Elixir too. Elixir was incredibly enjoyable, and Gleam is a wonderful language that I wish I could work with more, but I don’t really have a use case for it and nobody will pay me to write it…

Back in 2009, I also spent a few months playing with Factor (before switching to Clojure because despite Clojure being niche, Factor was even more so). It was an interesting and somewhat mind bending experience.

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CuriouslyC4d ago

It turns out that volume of training data isn't the most important thing. Elixir beats Kotlin and C#, which beat pretty much everything else. Kotlin is probably the sweet spot for most things.

eager_learner4d ago

"sweet spot for most things." care to expand on this a bit? Thanks.

CuriouslyC3d ago

eager_learner3d ago

Thanks, that makes sense. I agree.

dkerstenOP4d ago

Not the most important thing, but it certainly helps.

eager_learner4d ago

Upvoted you, because the downvotes from the Python cult are unfair.

dkerstenOP3d ago

eager_learner3d ago

dkerstenOP1d ago

Only briefly for fun (and OCaml too but very long ago). F# does seem like a language I feel I could really like, though.

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