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Written by Neil Madden on 2025-01-31 at 08:41

Over my 25+ years of professional software experience, one thing has remained a constant: discussions of programming languages are almost entirely driven by emotional attachment. Programmers, like all other humans, are an emotional bunch. Although we like to think we make decisions based on cold technical facts, in reality programming languages that do well are those that make their users feel good about themselves and their current level of experience.

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Written by Stefan Eissing on 2025-01-31 at 08:49

@neilmadden The naked terror of ever having to touch a piece of code again might contribute.

Theoretically, one can write sane C++. But in practise, I never want to work with it ever again.

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Written by Neil Madden on 2025-01-31 at 09:38

@icing when emotional attachment becomes Stockholm syndrome!

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Written by Stefan Eissing on 2025-01-31 at 09:45

@neilmadden People need to be part of a tribe, optimally the winning tribe, and loyality is how you prove membership.

Change your opinion due to facts? You lost it. Not rewarding.

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Written by 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒔 🌨 on 2025-01-31 at 11:28

@neilmadden Well said.

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Written by ﾌմ尺Ǥ乇刀 ｷЦ乃 on 2025-02-01 at 08:42

@neilmadden The next generation will certainly be more relaxed. It’s only changing one word of your prompt.

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