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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by zcw100 on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:45AM (#29226671)
I think there's a lot of "Python's the greatest thing in the world" coming from ML/AI and it always reminds me of this. I wish I knew who said it.

"People who know one language think it's the greatest in the world. People who know more than one think they all suck."

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Re:Selecting a programming language can be a form of prematu... by npsimons on Monday November 15, 2021 @12:51PM (#29230191)
> "People who know one language think it's the greatest in the world. People who know more than one think they all suck."

The Blub paradox: http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

(BTW, the TL;DR is people that know more than one language admit they all fall short one way or another, but there are some languages that are more productive than others).

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