Disclaimer: Career Python Programmer here. First off, this thing is just a (click/flame)bait post. Bulleted list with zero explanations. That said, no langu

Disclaimer: Career Python Programmer here. First off, this thing is just a (click/flame)bait post. Bulleted list with zero explanations. That said, no language is perfect and I can agree with some of it. Addressing points I disagree with the most: - Startup time: Given that this is a self-professed C(++/#) programmer, _of course_ Python will be slower than a compiled language. This is just a compiled language fan not liking a "not compiled" language, and has nothing to do with Python itself. - Import system: Having historically used/dabbled with about a dozen+ languages, I have yet to find an import system I like, including the C family of languages. - Toxic runtime environment: Ignoring the strange use of the word "toxic", without ANY detail whatsoever on what they mean by this, this is pretty useless criticism. - Error handling / Exceptions: Not sure what he's comparing to. 90% of languages do bad error handling; even the newer ones like Rust/Go/Elm that try to do this well have their own faults and most people ignore them. Also, given that it's a C-family programmer stating this... Python does exceptions basically the same as the C-family, so yeah I guess he hates his favorite languages too? - kwargs: Without any context, this is a meaningless complaint. Care to elaborate? No? Moving on then. - List Comprehension syntax: This one is baffling to me. I guess someone who is used to C#'s Linq might find this a bit harder to grasp, but as someone who has used both professionally it's really not that bad, and this syntax is one of the things most people love about Python. - Globals: Yes, we hate them too. _That's why nobody in their right mind uses them_ - Variable scope: IMO python variable scoping isn't that bad -- maybe a few warts, but I've never had significant problem with it. - Significant whitespace: I mean....how? Yes it has whitespace-based blocks, but...it's not actually MORE whitespace than a {}-based language... What does "significant" mean here...? - Standard library: You mean one of the best things about Python? That I don't need 60 billion dependencies on my project to be able to the most basic shit? Now you're just being ridiculous. Also, coming from a C# dev? C'mon man. - Dependency management: Needs more context. requirements.txt isn't the best choice, but Poetry makes things much more standardized, and very easy to manage -- no different than many other dependency managers. - Environment variables: ....What? What about them? This isn't a Python thing. Do you dislike how it handles them (as a hashmap)? Do you dislike the environment variables used by the Python runtime? ELABORATE. - Jupyter Notebooks: Well given that this is not only 100% external to Python, but also completely a voluntary and (AFAIK) not "industry standard for all Python devs" tool, it's like calling C a shitty language because of Arduino. TLDR: Congrats you googled all the things someone could possibly hate about a language and posted them in a bulleted list without context and called it a "rant" Also: > Criticism and nitpicks aren't wrong, but miss the point. Truthiness > Truth Oh okay, so you never once intended to listen to anyone. Might as well publish these posts to /dev/null