As I was scootering to work today (it's a Razor, I'm pretty cool), I had a thought. Programming languages are like musical instruments. Think abo...
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Haha, love it 👌 Great post, Ryan!
What about functional languages? What kind of instruments did they represent?
Hmm I'm not sure. Without thinking too hard, I would have to say the theremin. Very cool, requires a complete mindset shift to learn, and if you meet someone that knows how to play it, you're definitely going to hear about how great it is for the muscles in your fingers. :)
Good catch, though, I can't believe I forgot about that whole branch of languages!
I think C# would be the electric piano. It's not as well loved as it's other keyboard brethren, but it's still widely used (or so I've been told). It may sound too commerical and depending on your setup cost a lot, but it's dependable and solid and you can hook it up to other instruments via MIDI (the CLR).
Nice! That’s some solid analysis!
Haskell is not an instrument, because playing music would be a side-effect.
Perl is bagpipes, because you need a Scottish-level beard to use it.
Haskell is a modular synthetizer. You'll never fully understand it.
I agree, Haskell is a perfect sine wave that doesn't worry about whether it's getting output as sound or not. :)