• KiaKaha [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    It’s not some super secret plot for tech domination. It’s just interesting, given how Huawei has been forced to develop alternative software and hardware. This is another instance, albeit less forced.

    I would like to know why there are so many different programming languages, though.

    • TheDeed [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      There’s a lot of programming languages because someone looks at a language and goes “huh, I can do this way better”, rinse repeat until you have 8 bajillion

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        edit-2
        4 years ago

        Looking forward to the time when it is moderately harder to Google problems with characters because "char" is now a programming language.

      • OgdenTO [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Some languages have different levels of abstraction, many modern languages are moving towards less-rigorous formatting rules.

        Some are based on making lots of subroutines and defining the procedure of how the code is run, while some are based on defining things in terms of the objects in the code and how they are changed during the process.

        Some have lots of libraries and are built around easily incorporating already-defined functions.

        Some are better adapted to web functions or database management.

        Basically different languages are built for different purposes, but also some are easier to use and learn (mainly newer ones).

        Sorry meant to reply to the guy above you.

    • 0xACAB [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      same reason a mechanic has so many different tools

    • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Hell, Apple made their own language for iPhones.

      • neo [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        and it's a nice one to write! Although I don't write it anymore, I wish Swift were more prevalent.