On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:20:50 +0200
Wouter Verhelst  wrote:

> On 25/02/2019 17:05, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >  Q: Which is the right language to program professionally
> >  A: The one your employer tells you to use
>
> Actually, if that happens, either convince them otherwise or quit.
>
> Q: Which is the right language to program professionally?
> A: The one you're fluent in and that seems a good fit for the task at
> hand.

 If you're not fluent in the language of choice at your place of
employment then you are either in the wrong place or you have some learning
to do.

> If you've got a job to do, it doesn't really help if you need to learn
> the language first.

 If there's an established code base and in-house expertise in a
language then you need a *damn* good reason to use anything else. Making
everybody else learn your favourite language will not go down well even
when there is a good reason.

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