Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:39:21 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <17be420c4f90bfc7$63225$1585792$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:39:22 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="aee499f110845a23424a36b92b1eaf78"; logging-data="417727"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18gzQkHC54d847NofMpFtsB" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ETeDgtUwpw/eQjD5EKcS2z5Oafc= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA Bytes: 1900 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:36:17 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> Meh. I have never found another language with the power and flexibility >> of C++. Not Java, not C#, and not Python. > > Python can do homoiconicity. C++ can do template metaprogramming. -- The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven; The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change. These signs forerun the death or fall of kings. -- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard II"