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The Problem With Python

4 points by qhoxie 18y ago

etal 18y ago
Uh huh. This must be the same reason MIT struggles so mightily to get decent applicants: http://mit.edu/ http://mit.edu/ http://www.phoenix.edu/ http://www.phoenix.edu/
apgwoz 18y ago
This is utter crap. If you're going to compare sites for two languages, don't compare a plugin's site to a programming language's site. It obviously should have been http://java.sun.com http://java.sun.com vs. http://www.python.org http://www.python.org .
qhoxie 18y ago
Python for me. I supposed I am contrary to what the author means, but the python site shows activity and community of a growing language. The java site shows basically nothing but flashiness in comparison. If I was to choose a language based on its website, I would go with the clean, well-organized one.
- davidw 18y ago
  I'm not really much of a Python user these days, but yeah, of the two, I'd have to say that the Java site has been completely coopted by the folks from marketing, whereas the Python site is clearly a 'community run' operation. Yes, it's not as good looking, but who cares?!
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  The Python site looks like its designer placed a higher priority on being organized and informative than being flashy; the overall design says, "This is why Python is a good language, and here's how you can try it out." (The same applies to http://haskell.org http://haskell.org, I think.) The Java site makes it sound like something people would try to sell on TV late at night. ("Operators are standing by!") How many stock images of people with laptops can you put on one page?
tdavis 18y ago
Utterly ridiculous. Which young hacker in the history of the world ever picked a programming language based on how "hip," "cool" or "fun" a marketing site said it was? Who the hell ever thought flashier site = better language? I mean... I am speechless. This may be the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Like, I try to flag it more, but it just unflags it.
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  The people who think Rails is a programming language, perhaps. Anything driven by buzz more than substance.
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gearslips 18y ago
I think I would pick the one whose website says, "USED BY NASA" as opposed to the language site that has a picture of a dude trying to figure out why he has a laptop in his hands.
mrdodge 18y ago
They should have used python.com for Python.

4 points by qhoxie 18y ago

etal 18y ago

Uh huh. This must be the same reason MIT struggles so mightily to get decent applicants: http://mit.edu/ http://mit.edu/ http://www.phoenix.edu/ http://www.phoenix.edu/

apgwoz 18y ago

This is utter crap. If you're going to compare sites for two languages, don't compare a plugin's site to a programming language's site. It obviously should have been http://java.sun.com http://java.sun.com vs. http://www.python.org http://www.python.org .

qhoxie 18y ago

Python for me. I supposed I am contrary to what the author means, but the python site shows activity and community of a growing language. The java site shows basically nothing but flashiness in comparison. If I was to choose a language based on its website, I would go with the clean, well-organized one.

davidw 18y ago
I'm not really much of a Python user these days, but yeah, of the two, I'd have to say that the Java site has been completely coopted by the folks from marketing, whereas the Python site is clearly a 'community run' operation. Yes, it's not as good looking, but who cares?!
silentbicycle 18y ago
The Python site looks like its designer placed a higher priority on being organized and informative than being flashy; the overall design says, "This is why Python is a good language, and here's how you can try it out." (The same applies to http://haskell.org http://haskell.org, I think.) The Java site makes it sound like something people would try to sell on TV late at night. ("Operators are standing by!") How many stock images of people with laptops can you put on one page?

tdavis 18y ago

Utterly ridiculous. Which young hacker in the history of the world ever picked a programming language based on how "hip," "cool" or "fun" a marketing site said it was? Who the hell ever thought flashier site = better language? I mean... I am speechless. This may be the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Like, I try to flag it more, but it just unflags it.

silentbicycle 18y ago
The people who think Rails is a programming language, perhaps. Anything driven by buzz more than substance.
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gearslips 18y ago

I think I would pick the one whose website says, "USED BY NASA" as opposed to the language site that has a picture of a dude trying to figure out why he has a laptop in his hands.

mrdodge 18y ago

They should have used python.com for Python.