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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: on the python paradox |
| Date | 2023-02-12 08:57 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <k4qh9pF1sn4U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <tmm6d3$1fef$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 06-Dec-22 12:37 pm, Sabrina Almodóvar wrote: > The Python Paradox > Paul Graham > August 2004 > > In a recent talk [1] I said something that upset a lot of people: that > you could get smarter programmers to work on a Python project than you > could to work on a Java project. > > I didn't mean by this that Java programmers are dumb. I meant that > Python programmers are smart. It's a lot of work to learn a new > programming language. And people don't learn Python because it will > get them a job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program > and aren't satisfied with the languages they already know. > > Then we're doomed, because Python is appallingly slow. Not even Moore's law can save us. And God help us if someone devises another popular language that is interpreted by a program written in Python. I expect people are working on something at this very moment. Sylvia.
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on the python paradox Sabrina Almodóvar <salmodovar@ligumu.com> - 2022-12-05 22:37 -0300
Re: on the python paradox Y A <air000000000000@ya.ee> - 2023-02-11 08:08 -0800
Re: on the python paradox Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-02-12 08:57 +1100
Re: on the python paradox not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-02-12 08:35 +1000
Re: on the python paradox Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-02-12 09:46 +1100
Re: on the python paradox Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2023-02-13 13:48 +0300
Re: on the python paradox Ron.Lauzon@f137.n4.z21.fsxnet (Ron Lauzon) - 2023-02-15 05:27 +1300
Re: on the python paradox Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2023-02-13 13:53 +0300
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