I think the intent of saying "you've always been writing Go" was along the lines of "you can write FORTRAN in any language." E.g, implying that you are not making use of Python's abstractions, but writing it in the same procedural style you would write Go (or C) code in.
That is exactly what I am saying. I not talking trash about Go. But if one isn't using Python for what it is good at, don't use it, use the language you are actually using.
Re:Rust – A hard decision pays off
by throwaway894345 on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @05:14PM
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Fair enough, but that's still not the case. :)
Right, I was pretty explicitly speaking from experience. See my first paragraph.
> If Go replaces your Python this easily, you have always been writing Go
Go is only a 10 year old language, and I've been writing Python professionally for 15 years. I definitely have more hours on Python by a wide margin.
> The abstractions available in Python are in a totally different class than that of Go.
Python definitely is more abstract than Go, but I don't think that's a feather in its hat. Moreover, most of my criticisms of Python had nothing to do with its abstract nature.