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mercurhyo:
Hi pascalian friends.
long time ago (25 years to be precise) I found out a tiny scripting language for lazy idiot people... so I gave it a try (2 - 3 weeks long) just before I did put in in my trash can. This "language", an interpreted slow unstructured cumbersome one, if I remember, was named "python"
Nowadays, ALL (and why not... maybe more) young people wanting to be "smartest of the world" say they are python gods.
To my opinion, they are a bunch of international fools, a new generation coding big craps in all directions with so much bugs that they gonna spend years and years to correct their craps.
So, dear pascalian friends, the Question is
why stupid languages become popular? are programmers alike? and what you think you, real pros about python vs Pascal?
Thanks friends
Please don't fight each other in this open conversation LOL (if not too hard hehehe)
440bx:
--- Quote from: mercurhyo on May 21, 2022, 09:34:32 pm ---why stupid languages become popular? are programmers alike? and what you think you, real pros about python vs Pascal?
--- End quote ---
because everyone, including programmers like instant gratification and there are a number of languages in a number of areas of programming that can provide it.
python is quite good for writing throw-away programs (disclaimer: I don't use it.) Real software development languages, such as C, Pascal, etc, can be used to produce software that lasts.
Python and similar languages (e.g, Java) are like drugs, they make their users feel good in a very short amount of time and, that seems to be very important these days. It should be stated though that, there is a place for languages that are well suited for writing throw away programs (AWK is another example, wonderful for text processing.)
Eventually these Python "programmers" will realize their programming knowledge is comparable to my neighbor's dog knowledge of Quantum Mechanics. A few will graduate to a computer language and others will indulge in more of their binary drug to forget.
and life goes on.... :)
mercurhyo:
--- Quote from: 440bx on May 21, 2022, 09:59:59 pm ---
Eventually these Python "programmers" will realize their programming knowledge is comparable to my neighbor's dog knowledge of Quantum Mechanics. A few will graduate to a computer language and others will indulge in more of their binary drug to forget.
and life goes on.... :)
--- End quote ---
oh my !... thank you so much :D now we can feel like trees and roots because these "barking dogs" pee on us hahahahaha Love you 440bx REALLY!
Ñuño_Martínez:
I mostly agree with 440bx, except that I wouldn't include Java in the same bag as Python. IMO Java is a good serious language.
WTW, Python has good reputation because it has immediate mode similar than good old BASIC, and also because it has a huge collection of libraries (in this case, Java is similar ::)) so you can do a lot of things just calling one routine (in this case, it is like ECMA/JavaScript+JQuery).
To be clear, I've learned Python recently and I don't like it a lot. I prefer QuickBASIC to write throw-away programs.
AlexTP:
Python is good for
- prototyping. You can make some skeleton quickly.
- scripting language for C/Pascal apps. CudaText (link in signature) and Sublime Text use it.
- learning of programming
- math calculations in some high-level apps. Jupiter Notebook.
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