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Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by deadbabe on Thursday March 19, 2026 @01:15PM (#47442674)
Maybe consider something other than python.
Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by tomrod on Thursday March 19, 2026 @03:55PM (#47444981)
Always choose the best tool for the job.

Then import that tool and and check if __name__ == "__main__"

Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by scuff3d on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:38PM (#47443880)
Good luck with that. I haven't been successful at convincing anyone to move away from it. I'm so fucking sick of writing Python at work lol
Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by tomrod on Saturday March 21, 2026 @07:46AM (#47466165)
Why?
Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by scuff3d on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:29PM (#47484388)
Because I hate dynamically typed languages for anything besides scripting and glue code.

Or are you asking why I haven't had success? Mostly because the people I work with are dead set that Python is perfect for everything. I had one guy argue it should be used for embedded work

Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by Chris2048 on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:39AM (#47477451)
What would you prefer to use?
Re:Astral to Join OpenAI by scuff3d on Sunday March 22, 2026 @09:27PM (#47484372)
Just about anything, as long as it's statically typed.

The domain I work in is basically perfect for Go, so I've been pushing for that.