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Meh. Weak criticisms. Google didn’t do anything to push pythons popularity in the community. If anything it held it back being so committed to version 2. Whit
by 57844743385 5y ago
Meh. Weak criticisms.
Google didn’t do anything to push pythons popularity in the community. If anything it held it back being so committed to version 2.
White space is a non issue. At best it ensures readability and consistent structure. At worst it’s unimportant.
The thing about version 2 versus version 3 is old news, everyone uses version 3, move in and shuddup about it.
Typing has received more significance recently with various languages like javascript moving towards typing. Python had mypy and it’s becoming more popular.
Pythons object orientation works just fine, and besides isn’t the industry trending away from OO?
None of these things make python “bad”. The author is making ridiculous claims and overreaching in his criticism and embarrassing himself.
A blog post that’s more hot air and bluster than substance.
- nsonha 5y agoMessage for future language critics: if you mention space versus brackets, no one is going to take you seriously. I competely get why people hate self, or this in js for that matter, when they came from those main stream languages with implicit access. However, once you get used to it, you will actually prefer the explicity that make you more mindful and hopefully write better code that try to minimize states and context at all cost.
- pestatije 5y agoWhite space is definitely an issue. It was an issue for Guido from day one, and he brought that issue to the rest of us just because he could.
- cuttlefisch 5y agoAgreed that whitespace requires an adjustment period, but editors from vanilla VI on servers, to your choice editor handle whitespace with very little issues. Add in automatic formatting and the amount of issues arising from indentation falls further; add in linting & it's really not an issue.