Have any of you experienced friction or peer pressure w/r/t the programming language you're learning? e.g. "You shouldn't be wasting your time on A when B is so much cooler" ? #polyglot #programming #languages
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I've done this before - not something I'm proud of. 🤦♂️ As somebody who works a bit in PL design, I *do* think it's important to critique languages and their strengths/weaknesses, and I do have personal preferences, and like to explain why if asked. That's how we get better!
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I would love and welcome reasoned debate over individual features and design choices. But crushing people’s spirits because of what they want to learn is the worst.
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Agreed. It's a lot about tone and being able to judge timing and context. And ask open ended questions about somebody else's learning experience that invite discussion, and encourage future exploration. All tricky things to master. But it *is* possible!
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I really just hope I haven't discouraged too many people along the way by any miscalculated, clumsy remarks, and can pay any of that back with my future actions. We all have a constant battle to improve.