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What's the dumbest reason you've learned a programming language? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by andioop@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

Ruby because it was the first popular Japanese language. I wrote a few useful scripts and it was nice. Then it was swallowed by Rails, and killed by Python. No one uses it around me but it was fun.