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by haskman 41 days ago
Really the only thing good about Python is its ecosystem.
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Nah, it's also a very fine language for getting an idea down quickly.

Might not have the niceties purists like, but perhaps that's exactly it's a great language for that.

It's like executable pseudocode, and unlike other languages, all the ceremony is optional.

People flocked to it way before it became a "must" for ML and CS thanks to that ecosystem becoming dominant.

Look at my statement in context of Mojo. Why would someone use this language if all they want is to "get an idea down quickly"? They would just use Python instead
but that ecosystem is realy good.
That it is