Comments by "Toby" (@toby9999) on "Picking A Language In 2025" video.

  1. Great. I've been using C++ for 30 years. It will be my language of choice for 2025
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  2. ​@sciencedaemon Lisp is fun, but very niche. There is nothing I've worked on in 40 years that could have been coded in Lisp. I just don't see Lisp as ever being mainstream.
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  3. I also love it. I just don't see the need to switch to another language in it's class. I mean, zig, rust, go, odin... why?
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  4. I've chosen C++ for 2025.... as I did for 2024 and 2023 .... 1995
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  5. 7:10 This is one of the reasons why C++ is great. And it's so extremely versitile and performant. I don't understand the irrational hatred of one of the most successful programming languages of all time... and it's still one of the most used. Skill issues, right?
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  6. ​​​ @sciencedaemon C++ is not a functional programming language. It's a general purpose high-performance language that has adopted useful ideas seen in other languages (nothing wrong with that). On balance, C++ is way more useful than Lisp or any pure functional language. I had a lot of fun with Lisp but it's useless for real work, at least for my work, as would be any functional language. People who choose C++ then whine about it not being functional, they have simply chosen the wrong tool for the job. Their fault. Not the language. In the same way, choosing a hamner to drive screws can work, but not nicely.
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  7. ​ @ItsMadRat Drivers would be an interesting field if work. Way better than grinding out yet more bloated web stuff?
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