Re:Python’s tug of war between beginner-friendly and advance...
by MaxBarraclough on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:08AM
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I agree Python has some frustrating imperfections, but it has a pretty great ecosystem, and a new language would presumably have to start over.
I wish Python went with static typing from the offset, and I wish it had better parallelism, but with Python you can get a library for just about anything with a simple pip install, and that's worth a great deal.
Need a WebSocket library? No problem. Need a cross-platform TUI library? No problem. Python's maturity means you can do a lot of things with little hassle. Some of the less mainstream programming languages are nowhere close to Python in this regard, even after many years.
I wish Python went with static typing from the offset, and I wish it had better parallelism, but with Python you can get a library for just about anything with a simple pip install, and that's worth a great deal.
Need a WebSocket library? No problem. Need a cross-platform TUI library? No problem. Python's maturity means you can do a lot of things with little hassle. Some of the less mainstream programming languages are nowhere close to Python in this regard, even after many years.