polyglot

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I'm a polyglot programmer, so this isn't my first time for that, either.

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Quick take

a person who speaks more than one language

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of polyglot gathered in one view.

noun

a person who speaks more than one language

adjective

having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for polyglot.

noun

a person who speaks more than one language

adjective

having a command of or composed in many languages; "a polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages"

Example sentences

I'm a polyglot programmer, so this isn't my first time for that, either.

There is no peril to being a polyglot programmer.

Do people realize the huge hidden cost of this "polyglot programming" thing?

To someone who only knows PHP the opinions of most polyglot programmers seem cruel and elitist.

I used to love the polyglot way, but now I see language proliferation more as part of the problem than the solution.

There is perhaps a peril in overuse and over mixing of tools, which we should all know and has nothing to do with being a polyglot programmer.

- The result will be either missing proper handling of some features, a polyglot that will miss the point of using Java in the first place, or most likely both.

Your comment makes me wonder if this is localized issue, or a more general anti-pattern in polyglot programming.

From 100k feet, Facebook's adoption of Thrift, and Thrift's tradition of supporting polyglot languages, means that a lot of "niche" languages can flourish within the larger production ecosystem.

That these languages are so similar a table like this is possible leads one to think those programmers who consider themselves "polyglot" by programming in a subset of these aren't really "polyglot" at all.