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Only 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 tea
by pdimitar 3y ago
Only 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.