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The first language I learned (after Applesoft BASIC) was C. I wrote C for a long time. About 6 years ago I picked up Python. Today I find it much easier and muc
by c22 9y ago
The first language I learned (after Applesoft BASIC) was C. I wrote C for a long time. About 6 years ago I picked up Python. Today I find it much easier and much more pleasant to spin up a new idea in Python, to the point that it is my default choice for new projects with fuzzily defined goals. None of my ideas have become companies, but I could totally see just sticking with Python even past the point that it became unwieldy.
- tigershark 9y agoBetween c and Python there is an ocean of languages...
- c22 9y agoTrue enough. I've dabbled in several. These are just the two I happen to have the most experience in and the ones that seemed relevant to my point.
- walrus1066 9y agoI'm with the OP on this, I've experience with Java, C#, Python & C++. I'm a big fan of rapid prototyping with Python to map out problem domains, and once the domain has been mapped properly, rewriting in a statically typed language if necessary. Python is much better for prototyping than the other langs I've used. Because the syntax is almost pseudocode, and the duck-typing makes a lot of design patterns and boilerplate obsolete, so I can dedicate my headspace to the problem at hand. Right tool for the right job, as they say.