Re:Java Is Underhyped
by BiteCode_dev on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:14AM
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> So... Java is bad, but let's ignore Python's problems.
I don't know where you read either of your propositions in any of my comment.
And I quote "But it's way better for high level stuff, data mangling, scripting, gluing, and for most web dev stuff."
You've listed things that rely on full stack of libraries and deployment options.(except scripting) As someone who has the pleasure to work with Python - Python is horrible at a lot of these things, in spite of the beauty of the language itself.
> Python isn't great at anything specifically
Python is the best language in the world for small tools under 500 lines to solve glue and data munging problems.
I'm forced to use Python at work, because data scientists demand it, and I can rant about your "good for data" language for at least 24 hours straight.
Python isn't great at anything specifically, but it's crap in a few specific places. No multithreading? Fine! But then Python core libraries are crap at IPC, when multiprocess is the preferred way of parallel computing!