• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    Computer programming, regardless of language, is hard. The computer does exactly what you tell it to.

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      Yes. That being said, it matters which language you choose. COBOL is always a bad choice, unless writing in COBOL is the whole point. There isn’t really a universal best choice, either. Python is often a good one, but if you’re doing something big it will become this meme.