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Well it's basically Visual Basic for adacemics and it excels at that. Aside from it's obvious problem: Python is a very practical, though almost generic languag
by hungryforcodes 5y ago
Well it's basically Visual Basic for adacemics and it excels at that. Aside from it's obvious problem: Python is a very practical, though almost generic language, with a rich collection of useful libraries -- so why not?
- slightwinder 5y agoIt's also the better shellscript for administrators. And user-friendly, like basic. It excels on many fronts. The surprise is more that it took so long to reach that point, considering how old and widely used it is.
- jeremyjh 5y agoThere is no large tech company heavily promoting it.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoThat's a great point! It was invented somewhere in the late 90s, no? So maybe it was a confluence of alot of things that broke it out finally.
- BeetleB 5y ago1990.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoWow, nice! I didn't know it went back THAT far. Pretty cool actually.
- dmix 5y agoLooks like they only started counting Visual Basic in 2010 which accounts for it's steep rise it seems. But it's obviously very popular otherwise.