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by 9rx 304 days ago
> Of course it has flaws, but that alone doesn't tell us anything; only comparisons do.

Comparisons won't tell us anything. If Python were the only programming language in existence, that doesn't imply that it would be loved. Or, if we could establish that Python is the technically worst programming language to ever be created, that doesn't imply that wouldn't be loved. Look at how many people in the world love other people who are by all reasonable measures bad for them (e.g. abusive). Love isn't rational. It is unlikely that it is possible for us to truly understand.

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> Comparisons won't tell us anything.

If you insist.

> If Python were the only programming language in existence, that doesn't imply that it would be loved.

I'm not here to defend bizarre strawmen.

> It is unlikely that it is possible for us to truly understand.

If you insist.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been snide, and should instead have straightforwardly explained how gawdawful their reasoning was.