Re:Why Crystal Is My Next Language
by fileeditview on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @07:28AM
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Your reply seems a little emotional.. I wonder why. Nobody is forcing Go on you. You can do all large-scale construction work with greater tools like Lisp or Haskell as it is commonly done.
I don't agree that Go has only "a hammer and a shovel". It has at least a saw in its toolbox too.
On a more serious note.. fun is highly subjective and the brainfuck / simplicity argument is just useless.
The Amish manage to build large barns entirely like this in much less time than it would take the average construction firm. It depends heavily on what you're building on if you actually need a lot of those tools.
Just like if you're building a small tool to wrap another you might just choose to use bash over Java, it all comes down to what you need most commonly vs what would "be nice to have".
Yeah man, it must be so fun doing large-scale construction work with just a hammer and a shovel; so easy to use, so easy to learn. Who needs caterpillars, pneumatic drills and such.
Last time I checked, Brainfuck is easier to learn than Go (more simplicity!!!, and runs in even more platforms.