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Comment by shrimp_emoji

> It is a lot easier to pick up than C/C++.

That's why corporations like Google invent "middle-ground" languages.

Go from Google

Java from Oracle

C# from Microsoft

These companies need some performance, but they can't hire enough C/C++/Rust devs (not enough exist). They're flush with JS/Python devs, but those languages are too slow.

So they invent these abominable "middle-level" languages, with their insane bloat.

For myself, I'm not interested in mediocrity to serve corporate interests, so I don't touch them. :p Extremes only: Python and C; Ruby and Rust; JS and C++.

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