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Overopinionated engineers are annoying. Python doesn't suck, everyone knows that. Every language has its strengths and weaknesses. Clickbaity.

by mmcnl 4y ago

CryptoChronicon 4y ago
Clickbaity maybe, because it’s a controversial topic. What is the line between opinionated and over-opinionated?
- tooltower 4y ago
  The tone, which often shows an unwillingness to learn. The lack of humility. Confidently stating or broadcasting facts without acknowledging why others might disagree.
- jim_and_derrick 4y ago
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mixmastamyk 4y ago
Amateur night at the HN corral. Open mic until close. (Slashdot wants their post back, haha.)
Aeolun 4y ago
> everyone knows that Uh, no. There’s a reason I prefer Node, Deno or Rust, and the reason is that Python sucks. Or at least sucks more than either of those.
- acdha 4y ago
  This reflects more on you than the language: no language is perfect but if something is popular and successfully used for many projects, it’s unlikely that it reaches the level of “sucks”. It’s far more interesting to talk about what traits you like or don’t like because those are things which can be evaluated by readers who can mull how relevant your experience is to them. For example, if you say you’re working on embedded systems a lot of people will likely agree that Python isn’t a great fit but also that experience is only partially relevant to someone who builds web apps or works in data science.
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    Python doesn’t suck in general, it just sucks by comparison. The main benefit I hear people say Python brings are the libraries that are written in it, but that’s not really a property of the language itself.
    - asplake 4y ago
      By comparison, in context. Context really is everything here
layer8 4y ago
It would be an okay provocative title if the criticism was well-founded (which can certainly be done for Python), but most of the article is rather poor.

Overopinionated engineers are annoying. Python doesn't suck, everyone knows that. Every language has its strengths and weaknesses. Clickbaity.

by mmcnl 4y ago

Overopinionated engineers are annoying. Python doesn't suck, everyone knows that. Every language has its strengths and weaknesses. Clickbaity.

CryptoChronicon 4y ago

Clickbaity maybe, because it’s a controversial topic. What is the line between opinionated and over-opinionated?

tooltower 4y ago
The tone, which often shows an unwillingness to learn. The lack of humility. Confidently stating or broadcasting facts without acknowledging why others might disagree.
jim_and_derrick 4y ago
[dead]

mixmastamyk 4y ago

Amateur night at the HN corral. Open mic until close. (Slashdot wants their post back, haha.)

Aeolun 4y ago

> everyone knows that Uh, no. There’s a reason I prefer Node, Deno or Rust, and the reason is that Python sucks. Or at least sucks more than either of those.

acdha 4y ago
This reflects more on you than the language: no language is perfect but if something is popular and successfully used for many projects, it’s unlikely that it reaches the level of “sucks”. It’s far more interesting to talk about what traits you like or don’t like because those are things which can be evaluated by readers who can mull how relevant your experience is to them. For example, if you say you’re working on embedded systems a lot of people will likely agree that Python isn’t a great fit but also that experience is only partially relevant to someone who builds web apps or works in data science.
- Aeolun 4y ago
  Python doesn’t suck in general, it just sucks by comparison. The main benefit I hear people say Python brings are the libraries that are written in it, but that’s not really a property of the language itself.
  - asplake 4y ago
    By comparison, in context. Context really is everything here

layer8 4y ago

It would be an okay provocative title if the criticism was well-founded (which can certainly be done for Python), but most of the article is rather poor.