Tuxedo Wa-Kamen on Nostr: [Instead of making a list of programmer stereotypes, I will be talking about ...
[Instead of making a list of programmer stereotypes, I will be talking about myself...]
I think programming languages form people.
Back when I worked with Java, I was all about keeping other devs from shooting themselves in the food.
"We should give them Java, not C or Python, because that way we can easier fix problems when they inevitably appear."
Old me would simply reject Python, because... lacks static typing. Nuff said.
Among other languages, I program in JavaScript now. Totally different feeling. "You are not an expert? No problem. There are no experts for JavaScript."
I think C developers are like people with a broken shower that will leak until you do it just right.
And then they get angry that a guest doesn't know the quirks of their shower.
(They might then insist that the shower isn't broken, but actually works as intended.)
PLC developers will tell you that nobody needs variable names with more than 6 characters. Obviously.
I think programming languages form people.
Back when I worked with Java, I was all about keeping other devs from shooting themselves in the food.
"We should give them Java, not C or Python, because that way we can easier fix problems when they inevitably appear."
Old me would simply reject Python, because... lacks static typing. Nuff said.
Among other languages, I program in JavaScript now. Totally different feeling. "You are not an expert? No problem. There are no experts for JavaScript."
I think C developers are like people with a broken shower that will leak until you do it just right.
And then they get angry that a guest doesn't know the quirks of their shower.
(They might then insist that the shower isn't broken, but actually works as intended.)
PLC developers will tell you that nobody needs variable names with more than 6 characters. Obviously.