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> [Python] being the number one preferred scripting language on planet earth Is it? I'd imagine JavaScript usage/execution is probably way way higher.
by mattlondon 7y ago
> [Python] being the number one preferred scripting language on planet earth
Is it?
I'd imagine JavaScript usage/execution is probably way way higher.
- sampo 7y agoBut people don't use javascript to write scripts. Javascript is mostly used in writing web services.
- wilsonrocks 7y agoI mostly write javascript now for my day job... But python is nicer for scripts... The asynchronous nature of node makes it a pain for me
- josteink 7y agoAsync/await largely solves that though.
- wilsonrocks 7y agoTo an extent... If you're using something that supports promises and not callbacks, which not all of the things you want to use to write an actual script do.
- josteink 7y agoYou can easily transform a callback into a promise via simple glue-functions: let result = await CallbackPromise.from(some.callbackConventionFunction, param); Then you get a unified form for the code-base.
- nurettin 7y agoYes python is more preferred when choosing a scripting language and javascript is more executed in browsers. And the two do not contradict.
- nailer 7y agoI think you're both correct. For sysadmin definition of scripting, python would be most popular. For the 'fast to write' definition of scripting then sure, JavaScript.