Comments by "gingerBill" (@GingerGames) on "Use Java For Everything" video.

"I just choose the right language for job". I effectively said this for tools in general with my interview with ThePrimeagen but I did caveat it with you need to know the alternatives. If you don't know the alternatives, you can NEVER say it is the best tool for the job because you only have one option. It is by definition the worst choice too because it's the only choice. And when it comes to programming languages, I am one of those weirdos who is a polyglot who knows literally 100s of programming languages because that's kind of what I do for a living. So knowing "the best language" in that case is because I know the alternatives; most people don't.
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@gercius I am literally a language design and I do actually know probably over 100 of languages. And after a while, you actually see the commonalities and the subtle differences in the semantics between the different languages within certain families.
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@gercius I don't think in terms of "favourites" because the concept makes very little sense. It's like asking "what is your favourite tool in the workshop?" without any caveat as to what you are trying to solve. It's like saying "I love hammers" but you are trying to drill a hole.
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@gercius as I said, I do not think that way. I don't have favourites.
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