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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:13:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:39:34 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 11/25/24 4:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> There is a “new BASIC” that fits that description: it’s PHP.
> 
> Ummmmmm ... CAN use it for general programming ... but it's not
> super-pleasant  :-)

It attracts the kind of people who might have used BASIC before.

> Python is "better" - but not THAT much better.

It’s a whole lot better. Nearly all of the language features are very 
carefully thought out. The result is that the core remains compact, yet is 
versatile, which is why you get so many library modules built on top of it 
-- because the language makes such modules very powerful.