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Agreed. C, Go, Python, and Lua are my go-to languages because of their simplicity. It's unfortunate, but in my opinion, most mainstream languages are needlessly

by hgs3 2y ago

Agreed. C, Go, Python, and Lua are my go-to languages because of their simplicity. It's unfortunate, but in my opinion, most mainstream languages are needlessly complex. In my experience, whether it's software architecture or programming language design, it's easy to make things complicated, but it takes vision and discipline to keep them simple.

pansa2 2y ago
> C, Go, Python, and Lua are my go-to languages because of their simplicity One of these things is not like the others! Python's complexity has been increasing rapidly (e.g. walrus operator, match statement, increasingly baroque type hints) - has this put you off the language at all?
- seanw444 2y ago
  I started programming with Python years and years ago. My journey has led me to preferring low-level languages (currently in a Zig bout), and revisiting Python has been a disappointing experience. Not necessarily bad, but instead of focusing efforts where it really matters, such as eliminating GIL, they seem to be focused on adding new syntactic sugar.
  - int_19h 2y ago
    They are very much focusing efforts on eliminating GIL.
    - seanw444 2y ago
      Now they're finally getting around to it. They hadn't been.
- hgs3 2y ago
  Python's complexity has been increasing since Guido stepped away and it is off-putting. The language is still nowhere near as complex as Ruby or others, but I am keeping my eyes open for alternatives.