JavaScript. I can't think of anything else that can be used for everything. It's a back-end language, a front-end language, it can be used for styling and animation, it can be an OOP language or a scripting language, and can make database queries & submissions. Is there another language that is as versatile for website development? I can't think of one.
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So while this is probably a good answer to the hypothetical question, that's actually not a good thing, you realize that, right?
Special tools exist because different problems require different solutions. And sure, then can be a huge overlap of those tools, but you can't literally do everything with a single tool; chances are it'd be a shitty tool. Either you can't actually do everything with it, or it's so complex that you don't want to use it in the first place.
Javascript is somewhere in between, in the sense that it's both kinda terrible for most of the jobs you mentioned, while also not actually usable for "everything" - i.e. it'd be a terrible language for anything that needs to be performant or reliable. Hell, we have JS in crap like Gnome now and it's a nightmare.
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Big Kotlin fan.
Similar reasons to the commenter that talked about using a world class runtime, but the JVM is tested and works.
And now I can use Kotlin to make cross platform applications, while still utilizing the Java knowledge that I unfortunately possess? Perfect!
GW Basic
Rust, easily.
Teraterm scripting language.
Relatively useless, but did in the past use it to remotely control a DVD recorder, with relays on the LEDs of a 2400bps modem hooked to the channel up and record buttons.
Also to generate a Web page showing account balances for dialup customers in the 90s.
Now, to switch analog and digital inputs for our community radio station via telnet.
I don't like writing Rust but I choose Rust. I like Microsoft Java also
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I’d pick JavaScript, mostly because of the ecosystem (even though we could argue about this point 😅)
I’d love to give Rust a try however I don’t have much time nor want to dedicate to coding in my spare time!
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