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I can believe that. But for a lot of people, the lower initial development time/cost aspect matters a lot. If I had Google resources, sure, I'd Go with other la

I can believe that. But for a lot of people, the lower initial development time/cost aspect matters a lot. If I had Google resources, sure, I'd Go with other languages perhaps, but you can still write high-quality and capable software in Python. And while the batteries included aspect of Python is not everyone's cup of tea, I personally find it quite handy to have that so I don't have to waste a ton of time evaluating different libs to do fairly standard things. To be clear - I'm not trying to say that Python is better in any objective way. Ultimately, I think people should use the tools they have available and prefer, to build what they want.

btilly 7y ago
But for a lot of people, the lower initial development time/cost aspect matters a lot. As I said, I'm a fan of dynamic languages. :-) One of the top ways that startups fail is failing to build what they need to build quickly enough. Maintenance costs only matter if you succeed in the first place. Using dynamic languages is therefore a good fit. But, even if you're not Google, if you're writing software and have the luxury of paying attention to the lifetime costs of the project up front, you should choose a statically typed language.