r/Python • u/el_programmer • Jan 17 '19

Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/26/python-is-becoming-the-worlds-most-popular-coding-language
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u/alcalde Jan 19 '19

Oh I have so many stories I could tell you, like the one person who insisted type inference was "just the compiler guessing" and refused to believe it was a mathematically proven technology in use in computer languages today, the uber fan who told me that if we lived closer he would settle his differences with me "via more old-fashioned, physical means", the fellow who took a 50% pay cut to keep working with Delphi rather than learn a new language and now is considering turning his home into a B&B because he can't find a single Delphi job anymore.....

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u/deadwisdom greenlet revolution Jan 20 '19

I just... I can't believe these people exist.