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Re:Python Is Eating the World by noelwelsh on Monday August 12, 2019 @05:04AM (#20673730)
There are objective differences between languages. Examples include performance and compile-time checking. These differences are not irrelevant.

Alternatively, if you believe the differences between languages are irrelevant why do you not program everything in assembler?

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Re:Python Is Eating the World by blub on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:31PM (#20677723)
Those differences don't matter much when it comes to building software that fulfills specific requirements.

I am a big fan of compile-time checking, but there's a lot of good software built without it and sadly there's also a lot of successful slow software. These are disadvantages, not an impassable barrier.

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