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What if you want to offload a lot of the work to libraries rather than generating (and presumably reviewing?) it yourself? Python has a very strong ecosystem of
by tdeck 5mo ago
What if you want to offload a lot of the work to libraries rather than generating (and presumably reviewing?) it yourself? Python has a very strong ecosystem of useful libraries because it's been around so long and is popular in a number of application domains.
- pshirshov 5mo agoWell, Python is not the only language with a mature ecosystem. Also, in many cases it's cheaper to rewrite a small lib instead of fighting crappy code - but that applies regardless of the target language.
- petra 5mo agoYou could use Scala, get the strong typing, but also get access to the Java and also Python/JS libraries and others via various interop mechanisms Java has.
- bombcar 5mo agoAnd you also get compile times so long you’ll never run out of tokens! I kid, I kid, but seriously …
- beastman82 5mo ago"sbt --client" is really fast for me, and I'm using derivation and implicit scope etc. super warm JVM, incremental compiles.