Use the Wrong Tool for the Job

Re:Use the Wrong Tool for the Job by ttr2021 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:59AM (#34475607)

But is a programming language really a tool? I guess it's a tool that creates other tools..

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Re:Use the Wrong Tool for the Job by picture on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:04AM (#34475631)

A significant number of tools are created to create other tools

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Re:Use the Wrong Tool for the Job by cdogl on Sunday January 22, 2023 @06:37AM (#34476403)

And we use tools to create those too!

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Re:Use the Wrong Tool for the Job by wtetzner on Sunday January 22, 2023 @10:13AM (#34478115)

I’d say programming languages are more like building materials than tools.

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