[OT] Unity's HPC#

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 15 May 2019 at 18:43:38 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
(Abscissa) wrote:

> Umm, no, you're not right. I use D for HTTP, and you'll find 
> that many people here do.

I think what it amounts to is that you use the language you're 
comfortable with because you're doing the same thing no matter 
which language it is. You don't choose a language for csv support 
or SQLite support, because csv files and .sqlite files hold the 
same data independent of the language. R is seeing a lot of 
momentum in the web space. It's not because it's a great web 
language but because folks do their statistical analysis and then 
they want to share it with the world.

> And Crystal...I don't even know that one, but a quick search 
> shows it's not even 1.0 yet, making it more than a little 
> bizarre that someone making the arguments you're making would 
> suggest it over D. You're not actually interested in making a 
> real point, you're just here to argue, right?

It read to me like an attempt to spam about Crystal. Last I 
checked, Crystal didn't even have Windows support. A more 
sensible list would have included Java, Scala, Clojure, C#, 
Kotlin, Python, or Ruby rather than Crystal if you're making a 
point about hiring programmers.