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How did you arrive at C++ and Python? Yes I'm aware they have many structural and aesthetic differences, but why would you not choose a language with a differen
by throwaway27448 5mo ago
How did you arrive at C++ and Python? Yes I'm aware they have many structural and aesthetic differences, but why would you not choose a language with a different paradigm—functional, logical, even procedural, etc?
- senkora 5mo agoGood question. I chose them because they are the languages that I use professionally and would choose for technical interviews. I expect to be asked to solve problems in either language in any given interview. Technical interviews are different enough from day-to-day work that I still find it valuable to practice in them.
- epolanski 5mo agoI hope you really do it more as enjoyment (like people do crosswords) with just a very secondary benefit of technical interviews, because otherwise I can't but find this rat race obsession super sad.
- throwaway27448 5mo agoBrother. Easy interviews are no basis for your own practice.
- Pay08 5mo agoRelatedly, I've noticed the strange infatuation that a lot of C++ programmers have with Python specifically. I have no idea why that is.
- aldanor 5mo agoBoth have `class` keyword
- Pay08 5mo agoSo does JS, yet it's not the scripting language du jour in the C++ world.
- throwaway27448 5mo agoPython has standards