Generally, there are two main reasons for trying a new language out for me.<br><br>1. I have a need for it in something I will work on. (Can't build an iphone app without objective-c)<br>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).<br>
<br>- Andrew<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Michael Elkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@sigpipe.org">me@sigpipe.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 03:53:11PM -0700, Steve Wedig wrote:<br>
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I hope this isn't spam, but I asked this question on Stack Overflow today,<br>
and just realized I'd be quite interested in how this group would answer it:<br>
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<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018867/what-would-make-you-try-or-not-try-a-new-programming-language" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4018867/what-would-make-you-try-or-not-try-a-new-programming-language</a><br>
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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.<br>
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I do dabble quite a bit, but only when there is some signifcant difference in programming paradigm/style. And only for personal pet-projects.<br>
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me<br>
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