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Language Wars: C++, Java, C#, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Go, JS, Haskell, OCaml, Scala, Elm, F#, ReasonML, Elixir

Billed as the ultimate rating of modern programming languages yet Python and Rust only gets two stars :rofl: but good news for erlang-elixir fanboys and fangirls - author clearly fan of functional languages :crazy_face:

https://medium.com/better-programming/modern-languages-suck-ad21cbc8a57c

Hey @AstonJ can you increase tag limit pls? Wanted to add erlang as well buddy!

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AstonJ

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Could be a good idea actually! :nerd_face:

Let’s try a tag for now tho - added to the thread :+1:

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AstonJ

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Done… and added :nerd_face:

The blog post looks good! I need to find some time to read it properly - it’s kinda long :upside_down_face:

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Thanks Aston! The article is well worth reading…as are the comments. Do we need a controversial tag or portal?

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