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by sunnybeetroot 740 days ago
Im surprised to see Python in that list. Swift being type safe and Python not puts Swift miles ahead.
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giancarlostoro 739 days ago
Python is the new Perl. Heck its the lingua franca of ML / AI and has been for data science for a while. Dynamic types dont mean you cannot compete with a typed language. Python has type hints which gives the benefit people are usually after, catching bugs / issues ahead of time.

Theres a library for just about everything in Python. I dont know that I can say that about Swift.

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refulgentis 740 days ago
One of those awkward things where I don't like it, and wouldn't go back to nulls that blow up. But as far as being the right tool/accessible it ended up winning use cases where I expected scripting and Playgrounds to have mindshare
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jb1991 740 days ago
Playgrounds is so painfully slow that you can't really "play" with it at all.
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wiseowise 740 days ago
Mypy is non-nullable, as far as I know. Unless you do Type | None. (Or was it TS?)
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wiseowise 740 days ago
Python has Mypy (yes, it’s good enough, don’t bother arguing with me that’s it’s not “real”) and ecosystem is leagues above anything Swift can offer.
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