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| From | Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Why do you use python? |
| Date | 2016-03-21 16:45 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.464.1458593150.12893.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:26 PM, <mbg1708@planetmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, 21 March 2016 04:13:45 UTC, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:59 PM, <rharding64@gmail.com> wrote: >> > instead, to be efficient, it is best to combine tools to solve problems that contain complexities where there is nothing available off the shelve that does the job. c# is free, free VS studio, i can run ironpython there, i can do python there, and talk to linux boxes with python, i can run c# on linux boxes using mono(did that back in 2004 and thereafter for a while). i can run python on my beaglebone black inside of snappy ubuntu, ect. >> > >> > so i ask those employers why not use what is available to solve problems instead of limiting yourself to just one??? >> >> Because you won't be there forever, and they'll have to find someone >> else to maintain your hellspawn hodge-podge of languages, tools, and >> libraries. (And yes, it will be described that way by the next person, >> no matter how careful you are.) It's in their interests to restrict >> its complexity at least a bit. I'm not sure what advantage you gain by >> incorporating C# into the mix, but the *dis*advantage is that, forever >> afterward, Visual Studio and Mono will be necessary to use and develop >> this project. Every new thing needed is another thing that can go >> wrong, another thing people need to learn, etc, etc. >> >> So instead of treating programming like a plumber at a hardware store, >> treat it like an artist with a canvas. You wouldn't normally see a >> portrait done partly in watercolor and partly in oils - or if it is, >> it's for a VERY deliberate effect. You'd more often see one style used >> for one project, and maybe another one used for another. >> >> ChrisA > > Spot on. It's actually worse than Chris says. I've had trouble with old code that I WROTE MYSELF. Please don't tell me that I didn't try hard enough the first time......the only time to find that out is the second time!! https://xkcd.com/1421/
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Re: Why do you use python? rharding64@gmail.com - 2016-03-20 20:59 -0700
Re: Why do you use python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 15:13 +1100
Re: Why do you use python? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-03-21 04:49 +0000
Re: Why do you use python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 16:09 +1100
Re: Why do you use python? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-21 16:33 +1100
Re: Why do you use python? mbg1708@planetmail.com - 2016-03-21 13:26 -0700
Re: Why do you use python? Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 16:45 -0400
Re: Why do you use python? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-21 05:01 +0000
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