Three Months of Go, from a Haskeller’s perspective (2016)
It is, I think, going to be very difficult to enjoy writing code in a less powerful language when you are exposed to languages that hold awesome power.<p>In fact, this has been the basis for much writing on Lisp too. Paul Graham has written entire essays along the same lines.<p>If you work in a job that forces the use of a less powerful language than what you&#x27;ve been exposed to, you can, I think, go through a sort of depression. You simply long to use the tools that you know hold much more power yet must resign yourself to the tools you have.<p>You can overcome the problem by being present in your work. The language might be ugly. It might be totally underpowered with limited means of abstraction and a type system that snmacks you and, sometimes, your client over the head. What you can do is, despite that, commit to writing great software with the tools you have. Commit to improving your work. Perhaps expand the ecosystem with tools borne of insights from your adventures with high-powered tools.<p>You will have a much more enjoyable time in most languages this way. Perhaps except MUMPS but there might be hope.