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Ruby. Its just so different to my C flavoured experiences and I can never wrap my head around it.
Fantastic video 😂
This channel is proof that you don't require best camera for amazing quality
I'm pleased to see how few people (i.e. apparently none..) have been forced to endure Labview.
Bash scripting trips me up more than any other. I'm always missing or misusing some small piece of punctation that carries tremendous meaning in a given context.
Not a language as such, but when I was in college, when you forgot the full stop after "IDENTIFICATION DIVISION" you got for even the shortest COBOL program, you got over 5000 error messages. So least favourite compiler.
PHP is the GOAT of dynamically typed languages and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Whatever you do Computerphile, please never change how you guys film your video and upload it. We don’t need hifi editing with high quality cameras, editing and stuff. We need quality content and not the video. Do not tradeoff between video quality and content quality.
After using C# and Typescript for a while.... then going back to a place that uses Java... I have to say Java. C# is so pretty in comparison.
I tried to program using java script. It was like driving a car while sitting in the back seat giving instructions to the steering wheel. And at the same time trying to manouver around predestrians running onto the road in front of you!
Definitely PHP for me. It has been a long time since I've used it, but the lack of structure with dated syntax was my reasoning.
04:25 "by pressing down a special key it played a little melody"
Wow did not expect Lisp to be on there.
calling php dated shows a bit of a disconnect. PHP has many modern features in 2024 and is a solid choice still
Python is the "Rick and Morty" of languages: It's actually quite good when viewed in its intended context, but the fanbase has absolutely ruined it.
1:45 "What is your least favourite programming language?" proceeds to call out an entire family of languages.
PHP: the training wheels without the bike
Early Javascript vs modern Javascript with Typescript are two very different beasts. Variable hoisting, for example, really isn't something you have to worry about now that "const" and "let" exist. JS certainly has its quirks but overall I find it a pleasant language to work with.
TypeScript is amazing however, it brings order to chaos. I've personally found it really pleasant to use over the course of many years.
2:17 saying that Typescript is “not much better” than Javascript is a wild take imo. Sure it still might not be the best, but it is AT LEAST much better than Javascript in terms of structuring.