Does Programing Language Matter, and Story of the Gordian Knot

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Does programing language matter?


Does programing language matter? The story of the brute forcer, bit laborer, the brogrammer, code campers, and the Mark Zukerbugs.

Turn him to any cause of policy,
The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose,
Familiar as his garter
— Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47

Story of the Gordian Knot

By the way, there is a name to this situation, of the slimes that peddle themselfs ahead by cheating around a problem. It is called, the Gordian Knot. For those of u unfamiliar or zoomers, let me tell the tale.

There is a knot, complicated. All the mathematicians are unable to unknot the knot. Then came, a devious politician. He, just cut it with a knife.

Why does the salesman cut the knot instead of solving it? Because, he dunno how. But by cutting, he won the applause of the brainless masses.

Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot CkBQG
Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot CkBQG