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On Thu, 22 Aug 2024, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:15:14 +0200
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> boringly babbled:
>> On 21/08/2024 17:40, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>> The problem with pyserial is you have to use Python. Horrible language
>>> though like BASIC, useful for teaching kids to code.
>>>
>>
>> Let's just say, opinions differ.  Python /can/ be used for beginner
>
> Yes, its ultimately subjective. The reasons I don't like it are that I can't
> stand dynamic typing in supposed "proper" languages and the syntatically
> meaningful whitespace nonsense they took from Occam really grinds my gears.
> In my current job I'm forced to use it but I'd never do it out of choice.
>
>> programmers - but it is also an excellent language for many real tasks.
>> Of course it has its weaknesses and disadvantages as well as its
>> strengths, and aspects that will appeal to some programmers and not others.
>
> IMO its fine for small scripts up to maybe a few hundred lines. Beyond that
> no.
>

I liked python in the beginning, but I find that over the years, it has 
become worse. My biggest complaint is dependency management and that you 
have to download so many things in order to get a modern project to work.

On the other hand, I'm not a programmer, so I'm probably doing it wrong or 
not accordin to best practices by not using containers for all my python 
stuff.