Ask HN: Why can we compare Python to Go, but we can't compare apples to oranges?

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	Ask HN: Why can we compare Python to Go, but we can't compare apples to oranges?
	3 points by chirau 17 days ago
	Honestly, I have never understood the whole 'apples to oranges' thing.

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mac3n 17 days ago

http://knuthlab.org/courses/2025/AdvancedPhysicsLab/resource...

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theandrewbailey 17 days ago

It's an idiom. Of course, you can legitimately compare apples to oranges. I, for one, love apples but hate oranges, and I might be able to articulate why if I set myself to it.

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sargstuff 17 days ago

Python/Go are mono-object structured.

Apples/Oranges are multi-object structured (single utf glyphs not withstanding)

?? Different base monoids, nurture [ego] / nature. But still depends on what hungry for. ??

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