Modern programming languages require generics

Re:Modern programming languages require generics by nine_k on Monday May 23, 2022 @07:59AM (#31477892)

Do you enjoy your code base using 5 languages? 10? Have you done some ops support recently? Code review? Hired developers?

There are very real advantages in the use of the fewest languages that cover your spectrum of problems. If you can limit the spectrum of languages you use to, for instance, Typescript (with react native on mobile), SQL, and Kubernetes config YAML, it's a big win for productivity and growth.

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Re:Modern programming languages require generics by fulafel on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @01:42AM (#31488413)

This kind of mindset and mode of organising a dev team is a common, and has the advantage of interchangeable developers, not a lot of need for on the job learning, and more long term tech stability. Basically the "we area a Java house with big teams" way. But it's far from the only one.

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Re:Modern programming languages require generics by fulafel on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @01:41AM (#31488409)

This kind of mindset and mode of organising a dev team is a common, and has the advantage of more interchangeable developers and more long term tech stability. Basically the "Java house" way. But it's far from the only one.

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Re:Modern programming languages require generics by nfbyte on Monday May 23, 2022 @09:30AM (#31478793)

I would rather just have one code base per problem rather than one abomination per spectrum of problems.

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