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I'm convinced python's main asset for its growth was how ubiquitous it was. It was basically pre installed everywhere. With the batteries included idea, you w
by taeric 2y ago
I'm convinced python's main asset for its growth was how ubiquitous it was. It was basically pre installed everywhere. With the batteries included idea, you were mostly good with basics, too.
This changed with heavy use, of course. Such that now packaging is a main reason to hate python. Comically so.
- pjmlp 2y agoIn the 2000's you had to install it in most UNIXes still.
- taeric 2y agoThat may be. I recall perl being bigger back then. I mainly consider python to have grown around the 2010s. And it was basically already on most machines. It is only in the later versions where they have pushed compatibility boundaries that this has gotten obnoxious.