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With python you can just go: 'print "hello, world!"' and that's a full-ass program You run it by saying `python hello.py`. Compare that to the amount of crap
by theshrike79 1y ago
With python you can just go: 'print "hello, world!"' and that's a full-ass program
You run it by saying `python hello.py`.
Compare that to the amount of crap you need(ed) with 2005 Java just to have something running.
The shittiness of ActivePython and generally getting python to run on Windows were a bit of a hurdle, but still it was easier than the competition
- taeric 1y agoI mean, it isn't like you couldn't get similarly terse scripts in other languages. Common LISP, as an easy example people love to beat up on.
- nottorp 1y agoYou could, but then they deprecated the paranthesis less form in 3.x :)
- icedchai 1y agoSure, but you could've done the same thing with perl in the 80's and 90's.
- theshrike79 1y agoYou could also accidentally summon an Ancient One while trying to write a regex :D Perl is a fine language, but it's like using a wood chipper with no safeties. It takes extreme care and know-how to use it without splattering ASCII everywhere and making an unmaintainable write-only mess. For every beautiful and maintainable perl program (mostly irssi scripts) I've seen 99 abominations that are quicker to rewrite completely than decode wtf they are doing.
- icedchai 1y agoTrue, true. I remember writing full blown applications as perl CGI scripts, back in the day. I should see if I can dig up some of that stuff.