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Why Reddit has been rewritten in python: https://redditblog.com/2005/12/05/on-lisp/ https://redditblog.com/2005/12/05/on-lisp/ http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/r
by CodeArtisan 9y ago
Why Reddit has been rewritten in python:
https://redditblog.com/2005/12/05/on-lisp/ https://redditblog.com/2005/12/05/on-lisp/
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit
- pknopf 9y agoWhat is it like maintaining a large project in such a dynamic language? I guess if you have proper unit tests and good coverage, you could quickly find any runtime bugs that you may unintentionally introduce with refactors/changes. When in JavaScript, I'd always lean on TypeScript. Is there something similar for Python?
- hguant 9y agoPython 3.6 has typing/type annotations. It's opt in but seems to work fairly sanely. https://medium.com/@ageitgey/learn-how-to-use-static-type-checking-in-python-3-6-in-10-minutes-12c86d72677b https://medium.com/@ageitgey/learn-how-to-use-static-type-ch...