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Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 167

Appeal to popularity, at least I don't have that logical fail.

The original point was that people choose Python because that's all they know, not because they have evaluated the various languages and chosen the best. That's why appeal to popularity is not great, it was an explanation of the popularity.

Comment Re:About that... (Score 1) 167

But I've also spent countless hours of my life -- time I'm never getting back -- refactoring software only to satisfy the type checker because I built the object hiearrchy on the wrong side of a 50:50 decision...

In OOP most objects should inherit from the default object. You shouldn't be building a hierarchy unless you have a good reason. OOP is about objects, not hierarchies (that's what C++ got wrong).

Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 167

Disclaimer: If I need to write a script, I still use perl. I've poked around in python, but don't really see an advantage to it for myself.

I'll bet your Perl scripts still work after four or five years, don't have to worry about updates breaking things (Although updates breaking things is a solid source of job security, so maybe it can be considered a good thing).

Comment Re: Python (Score 1) 167

Wrong: I choose Python because it works and give me results faster in development time. For numerical stuff.

What you are saying is that Python has libraries. Which means that you didn't choose it because you like the language, you chose it because other people chose to write stuff in it. So you're just a copycat (which is how we programmers are).

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