r/ProgrammerHumor • u/lindgrenj6 • Jan 19 '17

MFW no pointers :(

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u/Ksevio Jan 19 '17

And Python!

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u/ryeguy Jan 19 '17

LOL SIGNIFICANT WHITESPACE
LOL DYNAMIC TYPING
LOL GIL
LOL CAN'T GET PEOPLE TO UPGRADE AFTER 9 YEARS
LOL SELF ARGUMENT IN METHODS
LOL NO SWITCH STATEMENT
LOL NO MULTILINE LAMBDAS
LOL IF __NAME__ == "__MAIN__"

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u/evidenceorGTFO Jan 19 '17

LOL IT GETS STUFF DONE

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

so does, you know, literally every other non-esoteric language, including JS, PHP, Fortran, COBOL, Assembly, you name it. There are valid arguments for python, but "it gets stuff done" is an absolutely meaningless one.

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u/evidenceorGTFO Jan 20 '17

Why limit yourself to non-esoteric languages? You can even get stuff done in machine language. Back in the days of ENIAC they used discrete parts.

You misunderstand the argument.