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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by scarface74 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:50AM (#18184338)
The things I do in Python - mostly straightforward simple automation scripts around AWS - I would hate to do in my go to language C#. The overhead and ceremony of C# is not worth it. There are also no issues with a mismatch between what you think should be running based on what is in source control and what is running.
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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by firdak on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:14AM (#18192223)
Static typing doesn't have to mean overhead and ceremony. Do you think you would, theoretically, enjoy writing scripts in a language like Crystal [1], which provides both the benefits of static typing and a scripting-language-like syntax?

[1] https://crystal-lang.org

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by scarface74 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:46AM (#18193010)
It’s not just the language being statically typed, it’s also about the tooling around the language. Modern IDEs around mature static languages are s powerful.
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