[chriszhang]

Does this curve really represent everyone's experience?

I never experienced the "I hate Python" phase. I think I went straight from "So exciting" to "productive" phase with Python.

[prionassembly]

I hated Python 2 because it did the Wrong Thing with integer division (it didn't cast to floats), so my attempts at simple scripts just didn't work.

I reencountered Python at a data science course that was somehow mandatory for my masters in ODE numerics. It has a HUGE availability of standard and third-party packages, so you can be INSANELY productive. I'd write in Brainfuck if it was the only way to have like Pytorch and giotto-tda and networkx and fastapi in the same room.

[pjmlp]

My only hate Python is how hard it is to push for JIT adoption versus other dynamic language communities.