Why are there so many programming languages? And why are there still being so many made? I would think you would try to perfect what you have instead of making new ones all the time. I understand you need new languages sometimes like quantumcomputing or some newer tech like that. But for pc you would think there would be some kind of universal language. I’m learning java btw. I like programming languages. But was just wondering.

  • TempestTiger@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    If you have time (and the inclination!), would you mind explaining why Java’s primitives aren’t as good as Node visa vie Async ops?

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      1 year ago

      There isn’t one, java is excellent for async and multithreading and it does it properly unlike node that fakes it by running on a single clever event loop or stealthily launches a bunch of node instances in the background depending on implementation.