It is said that you should use the language appropriate for the task. Does anyone have any real life examples where the wrong language was chosen and why?

JavaScript, every website on the internet.

Used scala for Android development.

Because, I thought it would be better

used English when I should have used programming to say fuk you to my boss.

@coookie Love Scala. Would not use it for Android dev.

Using any language but python for coding interviews that require lots of string manipulation...

PHP for anything that should be secure.

@coookie Why wasn't it better?

@aceface Why isn't Python good for string manipulation?

@projektaquarius Why isn't PHP good for security?

@shittywebdev He meant Python is good for string manipulation

@shittywebdev I answered based on how the question was proposed. Everytime ive used a language that wasnt python, ive bombed code interviews requiring code that can run when the problem required lots of string manipulation. I support python

@shittywebdev Post android 5, the dalvikVM isn't what it used to be. The compiled bytecode must be strictly from java or else some features won't work. For example I was working on this app about creating a p2p network but I couldn't make it with scala because the Bluetooth class failed to work.

@shittywebdev It's more of a behavioral thing. PHP, while not inherently an insecure language, makes it really easy to shoot yourself in the foot from a security standpoint.

BAD - You have a team of good Java developers - you prefer a new fancy Ruby on Rails app because it's fancy and force your team to make a product with it. If you have no experience it's a bad language.

BAD - Making an Android app with Cordova or PhoneGap. Poor documentation, poor community support, bad performance, poor you that have to code it. Except for a Splash Screen, it's dirty and useless.

BAD - Using C/C++ for back end. It is rarely a good idea. If you don't need some super high performance processing it's bad.

I can just go and go.

@shasha You should, I'm interested.

@shasha I've been there for #1. Oh god. Pain.

We (4 ppl) used Java with Vaadin framework because it looked new and fancy to develop a small webapp. After we finished we realised that plain and simple JavaScript would have been 10x faster and cleaner. Never again.