Re:Ask HN: How to choose the right language
by jhancock on Saturday August 15, 2009 @07:43PM
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The question is too open ended if you take that approach and does not allow for concrete answers. The OP does allude to the fact that he wants to build a webapp and does mention ruby and python, both decent choices. A lot of the answers here suggest that either is a fine choice, which perhaps is all the OP needs to hear.
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I really have to call you on this one. Usually I would just let it go, but really, this has just missed the mark. You're suggesting that the presence of certain keywords in a question permit you to totally rephrase that question and then answer that instead?
I'll quote from the post:
> The author discusses choosing the "best language for the task." That is something I see discussed quite frequently. I know there are languages that are most commonly used for certain tasks, but how do you decide between two similar languages?
That was the question being asked.