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Four small lessons for better development in any language

Choosing a programming language for a project is a compromise over what you what you need, what you have, what you know and what you like. This post is just my thought process when selecting the implementation language for packnback.

What we need

• High performance, we will hopefully be dealing with large volumes of data.
• High security, the whole purpose is to protect data from attackers.
• Stability, software needs to be usable well into the future.
• Simplicity, the less complicated something is, the less that can go wrong.
• Popularity, this is mainly to help with marketing, libraries and community support.
• High bus factor, will sudden unexpected events destroy the language prospects.
• Fun, something we enjoy using or evaluating.