Why all* programming languages and technologies make me angry 😡

but I calm down and use many anyway, never mind

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2 min readFeb 27, 2020

Swift: [weak capture] closure requirements, missing async-await, SwiftUI immaturity; yet perfect for developing for the Apple platforms (and I love function argument labels, btw);
C#/.NET: type prefixed vars, aging ugly, never-ending dialects/subsets (WinForms/WPF/Silverlight/WinRT/UWP, .NET Core/Standard); yet excellent on Windows and now for Linux server side too!;
JavaScript: prototypes vs. types, verbosity, ecosystem hell; yet the only true multi-platform technology available (offered via Web browsers);
Python: confusing indentation, and isn’t this BASIC vNext?; yet perfect for kids to move on from Scratch, and also for statistics (awka AI);
Rust: ownership and borrowing — huh?; but I hear it balances performance and avoiding mistakes the best (yet at a too low level);
Objective C: takes some time to become familiar with Smalltalk; yet still used in so many projects worldwide;
TypeScript: confusing closure/or operator-based type definitions; but provides JavaScript with some long-expected meaning;
Angular: over-engineered, AngularJS still better-fitting in so many cases;