The language war it probably will always be, its just like soccer teams (or any sport)
A couple of years ago I've read about Lisp, and I started picking on it. At first I didn't get whats the point, already knowing Java and C.
But months later, I got a course in which we used Haskell. And then functional programming started to make more sense.
Recently I got interested in Lambda Calculus, which is in the same branch of functional programming. And for me its amazing, seeing this different languages. And also making contrast with imperative or OO programming. Cause they are different way of expressing, each with its own advantages/disadvantages.
And there's also prolog, which I plan to pick up next...
So my point is, I personally like to learn about other languages. I have colleague friends who told me, "But why Haskell, what is it for?, I can do it in Python" "You can't do real-world applications with that", things like that. And for me, it's about learning, it's not only "what is popular" or "what will get you a job".
It goes beyond that.
A couple of years ago I've read about Lisp, and I started picking on it. At first I didn't get whats the point, already knowing Java and C. But months later, I got a course in which we used Haskell. And then functional programming started to make more sense.
Recently I got interested in Lambda Calculus, which is in the same branch of functional programming. And for me its amazing, seeing this different languages. And also making contrast with imperative or OO programming. Cause they are different way of expressing, each with its own advantages/disadvantages.
And there's also prolog, which I plan to pick up next...
So my point is, I personally like to learn about other languages. I have colleague friends who told me, "But why Haskell, what is it for?, I can do it in Python" "You can't do real-world applications with that", things like that. And for me, it's about learning, it's not only "what is popular" or "what will get you a job". It goes beyond that.