The Worst Of Both Worlds

Content Tyler Glaiel S TylerGlaiel Programming Language Tier List: S: A: B: C: D: F: javascript, c, c, java, python, c, lisp, asm, php, brainfuck, perl, ruby, haskell, rust, fortran, ecmascript, basic, scala, swift, go, sal, erlang, lua, ada, jai, f, html, mathlab, ocaml, bash, regex, c-- 10:20 AM Nov 5, 2019 Twitter Web App 42 Retweets 198 Likes

Content if (condition) return A; return B; Lawful Good if (condition) return A; else if (!condition) return B; Lawful Neutral switch (condition) case true: return A; default: return B; Lawful Evil if (condition) return A; else return B; Neutral Good return condition ? A : B; True Neutral return A, B! condition; Neutral Evil for (; condition;) return A; return B; Chaotic Good return condition A I B; Chaotic Neutral try return B; finally if (condition) return A; Chaotic Evil

The programming language hierarchy in its natural habitat! While the "serious" languages are geared up for battle, poor HTML is just vibing in a clown costume. The eternal debate of "is HTML a programming language?" visualized perfectly. The hardened veterans of syntax and compilation stand ready, while HTML's just happy to be included in the squad. Reminds me of that one intern who shows up to the architecture meeting with nothing but enthusiasm and a vague understanding of what a for-loop is.

The holy war of brace styles rages on, but this code takes it to a whole new level of depravity. While the tweet generously says "Use whatever brace style you prefer," it then showcases code with braces scattered like confetti after a New Year's party. Those closing triple braces at the end? Pure nightmare fuel. It's like watching someone build a house where some doors open inward, some outward, and others just lead to brick walls. The inconsistent indentation is the cherry on top of this crime against humanity. This is why code reviews exist. And therapists.

Content Replying to alacodes and bbb999 If human beings evolved new organs as frequently as they do Javascript frameworks, you can bet the doctors would be Googling it too. 10:53 PM 10 Apr 20 Twitter Web App

So apparently heaven is a Frankenstein's monster of every language's best feature, while hell is just... all their worst features stapled together. The joke writes itself when you realize Go's error handling is someone's idea of paradise and Rust's compile times are literally hellish. Also love how JavaScript's ubiquity is heavenly but its type system is demonic. Python goes from library paradise to performance purgatory. C++ flips from performance king to memory safety nightmare. The real kicker? Both scenarios are equally impossible to achieve, which is why we're all stuck in programming purgatory writing TypeScript and pretending it's fine.