Language-based snobbery litters the software industry. As far back as 1991, the derisive term “toy language” was being applied to the Pascal language despite its substantial industrial use. We’ve heard computer science PhDs explain they were embarrassed to know Python “because it’s a language for idiots.” Linux creator Linus Torvalds once commented, “C++ is a … Continue reading C is Manly, Python is for “n00bs”: How False Stereotypes Turn Into Technical “Truths”