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No, python is the programming language that everyone thinks Java is. Is Java slow? Nope. Does everyone think it is? Yes. Is python? Yes. Does Java have the be
by nickysielicki 12y ago
No, python is the programming language that everyone thinks Java is.
Is Java slow? Nope. Does everyone think it is? Yes. Is python? Yes.
Does Java have the best libraries? Hell no. Does everyone think it does? Yep. Is python really the language with the best libraries? Yep.
Python is easy to write, and to write well. Python makes it easy to crank something out in half an hour that isn't messy.
I am ridiciulously in love with python, although lately I have been placing more value on runtime speed than development speed, so I find myself using it less than in years prior. It is still my favorite programming language, however.
- europa 12y agoWhat language/languages you prefer for runtime speed?
- nickysielicki 12y agoDepends what you're doing obviously but I have been writing Go, Java, and Rust lately. I cannot wait to see what becomes of Julia. I feel as if it has all the prototypical traits of python, though far more speed.
- nolite 12y agoRe: Julia What about library integration?
- shele 12y agoYou can in general write julia libraries in julia, wheres you often need to resort to C if writing Python libraries, e.g. https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow . Therefore the native ecosystem is growing rather fast. On the other hand, Julia has great c and python interaction so making existing work accessible is not so difficult either.
- dradtke 12y agoYou might like Nim, too, based on that criteria. Granted, I don't know how similar it is to Python, but it seems like it's got potential.