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Javascript. There is not much to learn if you come from c. And ‘the javascript way’ is just a tangled mess. Python, because ‘the python way’ is just a bunch of

Javascript. There is not much to learn if you come from c. And ‘the javascript way’ is just a tangled mess. Python, because ‘the python way’ is just a bunch of weird idioms for apparently no reason other than making it odd to read for beginners. You have to use both, of course

ps101 7y ago
Which idioms in Python are you referring to?
- buboard 7y ago
  The pythonic ones
acdha 7y ago
> Javascript. There is not much to learn if you come from c. Ah, yes, C, well known for having rich data structures, object orientation, higher-order functions, etc. Even if you weren't conflating rather different languages, JavaScript is inherently interesting for being the only language supported by web browsers and thus being one click away from billions of people. > Python, because ‘the python way’ is just a bunch of weird idioms for apparently no reason other than making it odd to read for beginners. That's a pretty flame-y way to say you didn't choose to learn the reasoning behind something. Python has a lot of history developing language features in public – note that https://www.python.org/dev/peps/ https://www.python.org/dev/peps/ starts in 2000 — so it's not like this is hard.
- buboard 7y ago
  Like i said i use both. But I didn’t find it interesting to learn either.
  - acdha 7y ago
    Fair enough, but just be honest about saying rather than trashing other people's work: JavaScript has a ton to learn which a C programmer will not know, and Python has a history of reasoned decisions.