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It was best as a silly toy language in the 1990's... (reddthat.com)
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[-] luciole@beehaw.org 119 points 5 months ago

Real programmers are language agnostic. Anyways what's the project?

[-] kayzeekayzee 117 points 5 months ago

We're writing an online banking service entirely in brainfuck. Backend, frontend, even middleend if we have to

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 70 points 5 months ago

I enjoy the contradiction of middleend

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The middlemiddle

E: My backend don't middlemiddle, it forks

[-] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 5 months ago

It took me a solid half-dozen tries not to pronounce it "mid-leend." After that much effort, I decided to let my dumb brain win and go with it.

[-] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 89 points 5 months ago

For something you're getting paid for, sure. But if you're contributing in your free time for fun or whatever, presumably you'd prefer to use a language you actually like.

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Real programmers are language agnostic

Thought terminating sentence.

[-] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 5 months ago

More like, no true scotsman

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Real carpenters don't walk away from a job because the hammer is their least favorite brand.

[-] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 17 points 5 months ago

their least favourite hammer brand:

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[-] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 11 points 5 months ago

Real carpenters bring their own hammer.

[-] homoludens@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago

I once had a hammer head get loose and fly off the handle.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago

But if the screws are nails.

[-] getoffthatchronic@lemdro.id 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It can't be a programming humor post without somehow even more mind-numbing stuff in the comments. Just part of the fun

[-] termaxima@slrpnk.net 30 points 5 months ago

Yes and no. "Real" programmers care about engineering choices ; and JS is the cardboard of programming languages.

Perfect for packaging (which in this metaphor is UI), horrible for building a bridge with. And vice-versa, I wouldn't try and make amazon packaging out of reinforced concrete.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

But for fun both bridge out of cardboard and packaging out of concrete might work, tastes differ ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)_⁠/⁠¯

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago

Sorry, but Rust triggers me way too much.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 5 months ago

the bash language server is in nodejs...

[-] cbazero@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago

And it shouldn't

[-] sga@piefed.social 1 points 5 months ago

I always knew I am not a real programmer

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also real programmers have impostor's syndrome.

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