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i've found that demanding empirical evidence from a blog post often leads to disappointment ;)

joe_the_user 17y ago
I left Python for c++ because the job called for c++. But there wasn't anything in Python that I found compelling so I never came back. As a scripting language, Ruby seems so much more compelling, despite it's friendliness seeming to doom it to eternal slow bugginess. I'd go back to Ruby before Python. But I'm more likely to add Python support to an app I'm developing, since I know it's more sensible. Python's functional aspects seem chronically undeveloped so leaving it for a real functional language makes sense. But functional approaches seem limited in the "real world".
- regularfry 17y ago
  Right now, for me, it comes down to the libraries. I'm much happier in Ruby, but Ruby doesn't have nltk, scipy or boto. Then again, Python doesn't have rake.
brehaut 17y ago
Right on the money ;) All the evidence i have is purely subjective and anecdotal, but I personally know of a number for whom this is true.
imok20 17y ago
As additional anecdotal evidence, this is true for me, though I'm still using Python for my next project simply because it's a proven language with proven libraries. But I'm certainly ready and interested in moving toward a more functional language -- I've always been interested in the Lisps, and have always tended to write code in the functional style, where possible (even though my first language was Java...)
- mattmanser 17y ago
  I think the point is anecdotal is not evidence and blog posts are all too often lacking in anything but. Then again he's programming in a hot bed of programmers in that well known programming mecca of Hamilton, New Zealand. Oh, wait...
- andrewcooke 17y ago
  this is true for me ... though I'm still using Python for my next project i think you must mean "false", then.
  - dsil 17y ago
    No, he said he's using python, so it's False
    - andrewcooke 17y ago
      it's taken me a day to "get" that - i'd been thinking it was a confused comment rather than a (questionable quality!) joke... have a vote back to 1 since i suspect you've been downvoted by others as confused as me.

I left Python for c++ because the job called for c++. But there wasn't anything in Python that I found compelling so I never came back. As a scripting language, Ruby seems so much more compelling, despite it's friendliness seeming to doom it to eternal slow bugginess. I'd go back to Ruby before Python. But I'm more likely to add Python support to an app I'm developing, since I know it's more sensible. Python's functional aspects seem chronically undeveloped so leaving it for a real functional language makes sense. But functional approaches seem limited in the "real world".

regularfry 17y ago
Right now, for me, it comes down to the libraries. I'm much happier in Ruby, but Ruby doesn't have nltk, scipy or boto. Then again, Python doesn't have rake.

brehaut 17y ago

Right on the money ;) All the evidence i have is purely subjective and anecdotal, but I personally know of a number for whom this is true.

imok20 17y ago

As additional anecdotal evidence, this is true for me, though I'm still using Python for my next project simply because it's a proven language with proven libraries. But I'm certainly ready and interested in moving toward a more functional language -- I've always been interested in the Lisps, and have always tended to write code in the functional style, where possible (even though my first language was Java...)

mattmanser 17y ago
I think the point is anecdotal is not evidence and blog posts are all too often lacking in anything but. Then again he's programming in a hot bed of programmers in that well known programming mecca of Hamilton, New Zealand. Oh, wait...
andrewcooke 17y ago
this is true for me ... though I'm still using Python for my next project i think you must mean "false", then.
- dsil 17y ago
  No, he said he's using python, so it's False
  - andrewcooke 17y ago
    it's taken me a day to "get" that - i'd been thinking it was a confused comment rather than a (questionable quality!) joke... have a vote back to 1 since i suspect you've been downvoted by others as confused as me.