Re:Why We Switched from Python to Go (2021)
by gnulinux on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:11PM
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> I swear in 20 years everything important will still be written in C, PHP, Perl, C#, Java, Python (how could I forget JavaScript).
Hmm all the languages you listed have certain niches that I think will likely remain alive in the next 20 years, except I don't think Perl deserves this spot. I think anything Perl is a great fit at, Python will also be a great fit and (subjectively) python code ends up being strictly more readable than perl.
I would guess PHP also has a similar relationship to Python but the effect, I believe, is a lot milder as PHP shops seem to be more decisive about sticking with PHP. All evidence anecdotal of course.
Hmm all the languages you listed have certain niches that I think will likely remain alive in the next 20 years, except I don't think Perl deserves this spot. I think anything Perl is a great fit at, Python will also be a great fit and (subjectively) python code ends up being strictly more readable than perl.
I would guess PHP also has a similar relationship to Python but the effect, I believe, is a lot milder as PHP shops seem to be more decisive about sticking with PHP. All evidence anecdotal of course.