# The evolution from serious and scripting languages to polyglot programming

DevFeed: [The evolution from serious and scripting languages to polyglot programming](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-are-all-polyglots-35484.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/software/we-are-all-polyglots/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2013-05-02T16:24:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Django](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/django.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>)

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## AI overview

The author describes how the distinction between serious and scripting languages eroded as languages and frameworks expanded into new roles. They argue that programmers increasingly work across multiple languages, including Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, and Rust.

## Source excerpt

From serious to scripting: The evolution of programming languages.