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> Maybe Python wanted to throw off its reputation as a toy language and become a serious language like Node.js... Is this a serious statement?
by cagataygurturk 10y ago
> Maybe Python wanted to throw off its reputation as a toy language and become a serious language like Node.js...
Is this a serious statement?
- thehardsphere 10y agoIt may be a serious statement that shows the author is a person not to be taken seriously.
- nilkn 10y agoI think you're overlooking the subtle jab of that sentence. He's denigrating Python 3 by comparing it to Node.js.
- thehardsphere 10y agoHe also called Node.js a "language" so I question whether he's capable of that much subtlety.
- fideloper 10y agoI read it with a heavy dose of sarcasm, but I suppose it could have been a genuine statement >.>
- mafro 10y agoSurely sarcasm. Surely.
- blhack 10y agoI think that is the author talking about how (in their opinion) Python has gone from an elegant language that a beginner could easily learn, and understand, to a confusing stringy one that is difficult to follow. The beauty of Python is that you can learn it quickly, and then it can take you anywhere you want to go. That is quite the accomplishment, and that is why it is the perfect language for beginners. I think the authors statement is meant to contrast those properties with node.js, which imho has neither of the, and is also asynchronous by default; something I think makes it unnecessarily difficult for first-language learners to approach.
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