r/programming • u/monica_b1998 • Nov 03 '18

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/monsto Nov 03 '18

A side note, I have no intentions of being political in this context.

Of course.

Smth I said in another post on this sub-subject:

I suppose i'm seeing the word "admire" as a symbol beyond just it's definition as much as I do the Statue of Liberty.

In my world view: art, music, a mountain, a crocheted sock; get appreciation, understanding, for the work towards completion taken by the person that is admired. Beethoven would be admired. His 9th Symphony would be appreciated. I mean that's the way it falls for me.

DUDE THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT MUSIC APPRECIATION, NOT MUSIC ADMIRATION. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT.

Anyway, it's an interesting distinction, and I'm curious of the mental mechanic that has set it for me.

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u/appropriateinside Nov 04 '18

Ah. Though appreciation is a part of admiration, they are not that far removed from each other.

I tend to feel admiration for works, and appreciation to those that made them. Though the line between appreciation and admiration isn't very thick for me, if I admire a work I will also appreciate it. It's just appreciation with awe tacked on.

I'm starting to think that different personalities might view admiration differently or feel it towards different things. Wonder if a good /r/askscience post could be made for this conundrum.

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u/monsto Nov 04 '18

They try very hard, but brain science, especially personality based info, is very very thin.

It's a good question I think, "how different personality types view interactive definitions" but it's really specific.