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> Python is a glue language at heart. Complaining that it isn't performant is like complaining you can't drill a hole with a knife. Get a different tool and glu
by forrestthewoods 5y ago
> Python is a glue language at heart. Complaining that it isn't performant is like complaining you can't drill a hole with a knife. Get a different tool and glue your stuff together.
I wish I could get a different tool. Unfortunately machine learning and data science live and breath Python. It’s an absolute disaster and there is no meaningful alternative.
Jupyter Notebooks can also die in a fire. Go ahead and call Python glue and say to use a different tool if you want.
Unfortunately Python is a black hole or inertia. The one and only good thing about Python is some really great libraries are written in Python. This has resulted in an environment where Python sucks but the cost to move to a language that doesn’t suck is astronomical.
Maybe I am complaining I can’t drill a hole with a knife. Call me in 20 years when drills have been invented and knife lobby has been abolished.