You shouldn’t compare backwards. Saying “at least x isn’t as bad as y” doesn’t further a discussion, it only acknowledges denial about just how bad the problem

You shouldn’t compare backwards. Saying “at least x isn’t as bad as y” doesn’t further a discussion, it only acknowledges denial about just how bad the problems are with x. This is particularly true when we weren’t even discussing y (in our case, Python) in the first place.