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Setting up Python is a big task? Is that on Windows? On the nixes, including Macs: A. Open your favorite terminal emulator 2. Type "python" D. Press "enter"
by bobwaycott 10y ago
Setting up Python is a big task? Is that on Windows? On the nixes, including Macs:
A. Open your favorite terminal emulator
2. Type "python"
D. Press "enter"
Also, I think you meant laissez-faire.
- ThomPete 10y agoYeah it's a big task compared to doing a html or javascript document.
- bobwaycott 10y agoNo, it's not. It's built into every non-Windows OS. You don't even have to create a document to use it.
- ThomPete 10y agoYes it is. Because most people don't know what to use it for and so the mental barrier becomes the first hurdle for them to solve. Even the Terminal in itself is a mental barrier to most people. Even after that is solved it's still hard for people to understand exactly why they should choose Python vs. HTML/CSS/JS/DOM. In fact I don't think you can give one example of why they in 90% of the cases should use Python unless they are doing fairly complex stuff.
- bobwaycott 10y agoWe are talking about developers building applications here, not "most people". Most people don't know anything about HTML, CSS, JS, the DOM, how we got here, how it works, etc. They are neither the target audience of the article nor of the discussion happening here.
- ThomPete 10y agoYes they are. go back and read the thread from the beginning then it becomes clear how "most people" are relevant.