[socal-piggies] What would make you try (or not try) a new programming language?

[Andrew Kou]

Generally, there are two main reasons for trying a new language out for me.

1. I have a need for it in something I will work on. (Can't build an iphone
app without objective-c)
2. The language does something differently that is all the rage. (Yes, buzz
does affect me trying it out. Whether I stick with it is something else).
Examples of this was Ruby(for blocks, RoR), Haskell (functional programming)
and Go (the ridiculously fast compile time).

- Andrew

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Michael Elkins <me at sigpipe.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 03:53:11PM -0700, Steve Wedig wrote:
>
>> I hope this isn't spam, but I asked this question on Stack Overflow today,
>> and just realized I'd be quite interested in how this group would answer
>> it:
>>
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018867/what-would-make-you-try-or-not-try-a-new-programming-language
>>
>
> The responses you've received so far summarize my thoughts fairly well,
> although they leave out perhaps the biggest one: as a practical matter, it
> would be very difficult to use a new language given the need to work
> cooperatively with other people.
>
> I do dabble quite a bit, but only when there is some signifcant difference
> in programming paradigm/style.  And only for personal pet-projects.
>
> me
>
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