Chapter
A Discussion on Programming Languages
The guest speaker shares their thoughts on the broad spectrum of different programming languages and their personal experience with exploring them. They also touched on the importance of libraries in relation to programming languages such as JavaScript and Python.
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The creation of Go was heavily influenced by the useful and representative aspects of text processing, and it's seen as a powerful language in the vein of cooperating, communicating sequential processes.
58:18 - 1:02:12 (03:53)
Summary
The creation of Go was heavily influenced by the useful and representative aspects of text processing, and it's seen as a powerful language in the vein of cooperating, communicating sequential processes. As there are so many options available, exploring all of those languages would be impossible.
ChapterA Discussion on Programming Languages
Episode#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker shares their experience comparing various programming languages and how long it takes them to create a simple program.
1:02:13 - 1:04:53 (02:39)
Summary
The speaker shares their experience comparing various programming languages and how long it takes them to create a simple program. They mention that it took several days to get a program working in Rust because the memory management model was unfamiliar and the documentation was inconsistent.
ChapterA Discussion on Programming Languages
Episode#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
JavaScript was once considered an ugly language, but it is becoming increasingly important in both front-end and back-end development due to its efficiency.
1:04:54 - 1:07:55 (03:01)
Summary
JavaScript was once considered an ugly language, but it is becoming increasingly important in both front-end and back-end development due to its efficiency. The use of libraries is a large part of programming with languages like JavaScript and Python.