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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:14:21 -0700
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:27:36 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

> /All/ languages, except perhaps Bart's private language that is only 
> used by him, have their annoyances.  I have worked at least a little 
> with a fair number of languages, and I've never seen one that I
> thought was "perfect".  But different people have different things
> that the like and dislike about any given language.
> 
> So if you have the choice of which language to use (many programmers
> do not), you pick one that has more things you like for the task in 
> question in comparison to the things you don't like.

Sure - but picking one that best suits your needs doesn't mean you
can't critique its annoyances/flaws. This team-sports mentality is just
weird.

> But it's important to understand that these are opinions - the
> designers of Python were /not/ stupid to have made the language that
> way.  They just had different opinions from you, and the had a much
> better basis for forming those opinions than you or I.

Yeah, well, your opinion that my opinion is just, like, my opinion is
just, like, your opinion, man.