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minus-squareGiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoFavour programming languages with a good and stable standard library.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoI think the only mainstream language with a standard library that is both good and comprehensive is Go. All of the others either have smaller standard libraries (e.g. Rust) or poorly designed ones (Python).
minus-squareGiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 minutes agoJava, .net and C++ have standard libraries that are much bigger and much more battle tested than the one of Go.
Favour programming languages with a good and stable standard library.
I think the only mainstream language with a standard library that is both good and comprehensive is Go. All of the others either have smaller standard libraries (e.g. Rust) or poorly designed ones (Python).
Java, .net and C++ have standard libraries that are much bigger and much more battle tested than the one of Go.