26 programming languages in 25 days, Part 2: Reflections on language design
I recently wrote about completing Advent of Code 2022 using a different programming language (or two) every day for 25 days.
Hasnain says:
Follow up from the post the other day, more nerding out on language design.
“Here are my two high-level reflections from the experience:
Good design in the first part of each puzzle – especially more functional techniques and abstractions – tended to make the second part easier. So, in general, functional languages seemed to have the advantage in the puzzles.
Using better algorithms and data structures was far more important than having a “faster” programming language. There was never a time where rewriting in another language felt like the right way to get better performance.
Read on for more specific reflections on language design.”
Posted on 2023-01-04T06:52:02+0000