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[–] firelizzard 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why? I see no reason to go through the hassle of learning yet another language when Go serves my purposes perfectly and I'm happy with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same reason as learning anything. It makes you better at what you do and broadens your horizons.

[–] firelizzard 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’d rather spend my free time doing something I enjoy

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[–] firelizzard 1 points 4 months ago

Programming languages are tools. I couldn't care less about learning a new tool just for the sake of learning. My interest in learning tools is exclusively practical - if they help me do my work better.

I find functional languages interesting, but that's because I find the underlying theory interesting and worth learning for its own sake, not because I actually care about the specific language it's written in. Even then these days I'd rather learn about woodworking (which is currently my main hobby) than a programming paradigm I'm probably never going to use.