> Did you know that Jenkins Pipeline cripples Groovy
Yes. I've run into some limitations; first because of a Pipeline DSL, and when I ditched it in favor of normal scripting I ran into further problems, like Jenkins disallowing the use of isinstance (due to a global configuration of permissions, apparently - I don't have administrative rights there) and many other parts of the language. It was kind of a pain, actually, because I developed my script locally - mostly inside groovysh - where it all worked beautifully and it mysteriously stopped working once uploaded. A frustrating experience, to say the least.
> over the wild claims many programmers make regarding their PL expertise.
I believe I'm a bit of a special case[1] here, wouldn't you agree? Many of the languages on that list I only learned about, however, many of them I learned, having written several thousand (on the low end) of lines of code in them. It's got to be at least 30, I think? I'd need to count.
Anyway, I argue that such an accumulation causes a qualitative difference in how you learn new languages, allowing for rapid acquisition of further ones. It's like in role-playing games, if you buff your stats high enough you start getting all kinds of bonuses not available otherwise :)
[1] If I'm not and you know of someone with the same hobby, please let me know! I'd be thrilled to talk to such a person!
Yes. I've run into some limitations; first because of a Pipeline DSL, and when I ditched it in favor of normal scripting I ran into further problems, like Jenkins disallowing the use of isinstance (due to a global configuration of permissions, apparently - I don't have administrative rights there) and many other parts of the language. It was kind of a pain, actually, because I developed my script locally - mostly inside groovysh - where it all worked beautifully and it mysteriously stopped working once uploaded. A frustrating experience, to say the least.
> over the wild claims many programmers make regarding their PL expertise.
I believe I'm a bit of a special case[1] here, wouldn't you agree? Many of the languages on that list I only learned about, however, many of them I learned, having written several thousand (on the low end) of lines of code in them. It's got to be at least 30, I think? I'd need to count.
Anyway, I argue that such an accumulation causes a qualitative difference in how you learn new languages, allowing for rapid acquisition of further ones. It's like in role-playing games, if you buff your stats high enough you start getting all kinds of bonuses not available otherwise :)
[1] If I'm not and you know of someone with the same hobby, please let me know! I'd be thrilled to talk to such a person!