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Re:The Python Paradox by ulizzle on Friday January 27, 2023 @09:40AM (#34546529)
It's inaccessible because it's difficult and arcane compared to languages like Python, especially at the beginner levels when you are still trying to figure out how a for-loop works, and what are variables, and so on.
Re:The Python Paradox by tome on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:35AM (#34548002)
OK, but now we're back full circle, and you're disagreeing with both epgui https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34542953 and krisoft https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34544130
Re:The Python Paradox by ulizzle on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:02PM (#34548425)
Yeah, of course, I am. I don't see what that has to do with anything. So my point is only valid if I support someone else?

A lot of us here have read "Learn You A Haskell for a Great Good". We've used it.

It's not a socio-historical incident, and it's not just beginners who struggle with the language either.

Re:The Python Paradox by tome on Saturday January 28, 2023 @03:04AM (#34556045)
> Yeah, of course, I am. I don't see what that has to do with anything. So my point is only valid if I support someone else?

Your point is perfectly valid. I'm just saying the thread has just become a sequence of assertions and not particularly enlightening.