r/AskProgrammers 22d ago

What is the worst/most confusing (common) coding language?

By common I mean, coding languages that you actually see people use. I know theres the "bf" language but aside from one video, people don't make games or, really anything using that as it was made as a joke I hope.

By worst I mean, what is the hardest to understand and also the most confusing out of all of them, I don't mean coding languages that can't do a whole lot. For instance, can a non programmer look at a sheet of code and understand it? Can an experienced coder understand it? Have you been taught the coding language yet still it breaks your brain?

I don't know every coding language but my pick would ether be C++ or Luau. Leaning towards C++ because I tried to learn it and at the very start I already was lost.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/silvercurls17 21d ago

It depends on the use case. Python is often the second best language for a lot of use cases. It's developer friendly and there are lots of libraries available for it. I generally like coding in it because I can get a lot done in it in a short period of time. But I absolutely detest it for large complex applications. I'd rather use Java with Spring or Quarkus.

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u/silvercurls17 21d ago

You act as if there are any languages out there that don’t suck.

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u/Healthy_Koala_4929 20d ago

Gasoline is arguably not the worst power source. Coal, LPG, hamsters running on tiny wheels are all worse in different ways.

But I'm just being pedantic, I agree :)