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What's the most fun programming language to learn? (piefed.ca)
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I don't need something practical. I just need something fun to keep me motivated.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Python is like your automatic transmission. It handles a lot of work on the backend to make life easier, but the trade off is performance and control.

In C/C++, you’re reaching into the gearbox and moving it by hand. It doesn’t clean up anything for you and doesn’t prevent you from making dumb mistakes. In exchange, it can be wildly faster than Python.

In Assembly/Binary, you’re crafting the gears before you can even start the car.

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Man people actually code in binary? That's hardcore

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don't type out the 0s and 1s, no. 😅

@otacon239@lemmy.world wrote "Assembly/Binary", because an Assembly language is basically just a list of aliases (or mnemonics) for the different combinations of 0s and 1s.

For example, HLT (Halt) may translate to 00000001, which is then already what your CPU understands.

In practice, these lists for the different Assembly languages will look like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opcode#Sample_opcode_table

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Ah I see. That’s interesting thank you.

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My favourite childhood game RCT2 was a masterpiece of assembly: https://youtu.be/ESGHKtrlMzs

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

It’s crazy to me that someone actually took the time to write a whole game in assembly. The skill required to do that is remarkable