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Does polygot programming
have the potential to run the world?
If you ask a software programmer what language
they write in – the answer is sometimes simple and
you may get a one word reply i.e. Java, Python,
PHP, Visual Basic, C# or C++ etc.
More often we find that programmers define
themselves as “all of the above” and more.
Essentially they have become multilingual
polyglots i.e. individuals capable of speaking or
writing more than one language.The polyglot
programmer term was allegedly coined by
ThoughtWorks architect Neal Ford in a blog written
way back in the mists of time on December 5,
2006.
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Ford writes, “We are entering a new era of
software development. For most of our (short)
history, we’ve primarily written code in a single
language. Of course, there are exceptions: most
applications now are written with both a general­
purpose language and SQL. Now, increasingly,
we’re expanding our horizons.”
This leads to the conclusion that it’s not really
about what language or how many languages you
have on your tool belt. It’s about understanding
and mastering the paradigms of these
programming languages. Once you know the basic
building blocks of programming languages you can
easily pick up a new language by learning the
syntax and tooling.
This might sound complex but actually it’s a
tremendous simplification. It’s much simpler to
master paradigms than it is to master languages.
One reason for this is that there are virtually infinite
numbers of languages out there but only a small
set of paradigms. Paradigms are also, themselves,
smaller and simpler than entire languages.
Besides, all programmers already know a whole

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bunch of paradigms; they just don’t realize it.
For example, if we take web development, what
you need to know are at least 3 different languages
to write a web application:
HTML to provide a user interface.
A web scripting language (e.g. PHP) and
possibly a general programming language
(e.g. JSP + Java, ASP.NET + C#) in order
to process the data entered by the user.
SQL so that you could save the data to a
database.
Of course, these are just the bare bones of a web
application. More practical web apps require the
developer to know more technologies:
CSS to make the interface more appealing
and manageable.
Javascript to make that interface more
dynamic (a must in Web 2.0).
Another markup language like XML and
JSON to facilitate data exchange (e.g. for
AJAX)
A web framework to reduce the complexity
of a large system.
A scripting language to automate the build
and testing of the system
Learning and understanding paradigms also stops
you from repeat learning. Once you realize that
many things are the same or similar across
languages you don’t have to start over every time.
You can easily map the knowledge you have to a
new language and read up on the paradigms you
are missing.
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With the wide variety of robust languages and
platforms currently available and ready for prime
time, it is hard to imagine that any one or two will
become as dominant a force as Java and .Net
have been over the past 10+ years. To remain
valuable and relevant, it is becoming necessary to
write software in more than one language. Having
the ability to produce in more than one language
may be a luxury today, but it is becoming very
clear that this will be a necessary skill for
tomorrow’s engineer.
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