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There's a difference between "Python has pitfalls, weaknesses, issues" and "Python is low quality"
by vdqtp3 3y ago
There's a difference between "Python has pitfalls, weaknesses, issues" and "Python is low quality"
- pdimitar 3y agoOnly when talking in general terms without any examples. I've seen enough flaws in Python to write it off as a toy language carried by nostalgia, university teaching programs, and network effects. It's not impressive by any stretch of the imagination, nowadays you can make a much better, faster, correct and easy to code program in Golang, very likely in the same stretch of time, if not quicker. And its main selling point nowadays, ML/DL? I hear Rust's Polars is catching up. Python should enjoy its place while it lasts because I am seeing a good amount of effort for it to be displaced, from many directions. I am not making anyone believe me though. Most programmers feel easily threatened when their favorite language is criticized and I've come to accept that defect in human thinking. But I won't be pretending to believe in a mass illusion. I moved on, long ago, and I've seen increases in productivity and correctness and [machine + development] speed.