The Origins of Python – Lambert Meertens

Re:The Origins of Python – Lambert Meertens by musingsole on Saturday November 26, 2022 @07:37AM (#33752155)

MicroPython or CircuitPython have become better entry points than the full language.

Python grew up and has been chosen to solve a lot of complex, important problems. This has lead to the language ballooning to become not just good but excellent for those problems (data science). Some of it might be fluff; much of it might not be relevant to your style or problem space.

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Re:The Origins of Python – Lambert Meertens by rightbyte on Saturday November 26, 2022 @07:52AM (#33752238)

Ye for the professional programmers using Python I guess the changes are welcome. It is easier to keep up with additions over time rather than getting them all at once. C++ has the same problem, but it's selling point has never been easy to use.

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Re:The Origins of Python – Lambert Meertens by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday November 26, 2022 @08:35AM (#33752515)

I'm one of those people who worry that Python - which used to be pretty accessible - is heading in the same direction as C++, and will be buried under archaeological layers of cruft and obscurity.

2.x and 3.x seem to be diverging philosophically, and I'm not convinced that's a good thing.

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Re:The Origins of Python – Lambert Meertens by pjmlp on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:40PM (#33757593)

C++ during the 1990's was easy enough to be learnt by high school kids.

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