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by bmitc 628 days ago
> Calling Python's design "poor" is hubris.

Not in the least. Python is a poorly designed language by many accounts. Despite being the most popular language in the world, what language has it significantly influenced? None of note.
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cwalv 626 days ago
> Python is a poorly designed language by many accounts

Hubris isn't rare.

> what language has it significantly influenced?

I can think of at least 1 language designer[1] who doesn't think it's "poorly designed," based on it's significant impact on what they're currently working on[2]

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lattner 2. https://www.modular.com/mojo

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fastasucan 626 days ago
Who cares about how many other languages a language has influenced? If that was a metric of any consideration we all would write Algol or something. Programming languages are tools, tools to help you perform a task.
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