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Uh... Is it so hard to accept that people like using different languages for different things? I understand there are challenges that may make this idea infeas
by alanbernstein 4y ago
Uh... Is it so hard to accept that people like using different languages for different things?
I understand there are challenges that may make this idea infeasible or just not worth the maintenance effort. But if it existed, I would definitely try it. I like python. I don't like JavaScript as much. I have hundreds of small python projects from which I can draw experience and code samples. If I could use those directly in a browser, I could do some neat stuff. Or, I could re-implement them in the JavaScript ecosystem. But I have never done that. Because it's not fun for me.
- chrismorgan 4y agoMy point is that, generally speaking, what pizza is asking for doesn’t practically increase the libraries available (I would expect that JavaScript already has equivalents for the vast majority of the applicable pure Python libraries—and libraries that aren’t pure Python won’t work), and doesn’t solve as much as you’d hope in the way of wheel reinvention and writing less code (in fact, I’d categorise the entire effort as wheel reinvention and writing more code, though I acknowledge the library versus end user distinction in this regard). Your second paragraph reinforces my very point; pizza was saying it’s not so much about lowering a barrier of entry, yet that’s the majority of what you’re wanting it for.