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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:14:20 +0100
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On 11.11.2024 11:06, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:
> 
> Yes, Python does have a lot of cons as a language. But its syntax lets
> newbies get up to speed quickly

and to abruptly get stopped again due to obscure, misleading, or
(at best), non-informative error messages

> and there are a lot of libraries. However its
> dog slow and inefficient and I'm amazed its used as a key language for AI

(and not only there; it's ubiquitous, it seems)

> development - not traditionally a newbie coder area - when in that application
> speed really is essential. Yes it generally calls libraries written in C/C++
> but then why not just write the higher level code in C++ too?

Because of its simpler syntax and less syntactical ballast compared
to C++?

Janis