Re:Why We Switched from Python to Go (2021)
by MathCodeLove on Friday May 27, 2022 @07:08PM
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Can it not be both? Someone can want to learn for the sake of learning, and then filter further using practicalities. I'd love to learn every programming language out there, but it wouldn't be possible, we only have a limited amount of time in this life, so I'll instead learn the ones that are the most practical to learn. Java, however practical, may not be interesting to me so I may not learn it. Piet is super interesting, but not all that practical so I'll probably never learn it.
It doesn't have to be a single variable equation. I can learn something both to learn it and for practical reasons.
Yes it can very much be both! Or even more reasons, as you say.
The original comment I was replying to said their reason was "I just wanted to learn a new language", which is what I disagreed with.
Re:Why We Switched from Python to Go (2021)
by MathCodeLove on Monday May 30, 2022 @07:56AM
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Fair enough!
Quite possibly! That would be consistent with my point that they chose Go for practical reasons, rather than to learn for the sake of learning, as KaiserPro was suggesting.
If you want to learn for the sake of learning, you'll learn a different paradigm, rather than rehash the same thing with a slightly different flavour. Also probably your productivity will tank.