• FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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      18 minutes ago

      It’s frustrating when people make excuses for problems - even saying that there isn’t a problem. Like, if everyone was saying “I like Python even though it is extraordinarily slow and will never be fast, which is a shame”… That’s fine. Saying “Python isn’t supposed to be fast and you shouldn’t want that” is delusional.

      It’s not just Python where this phenomenon happens - I gave the example of Git (“you shouldn’t want to version control binaries so the fact that Git sucks at it isn’t really a problem at all!”). Another common one is distributing binaries on Linux - you shouldn’t want to do that so it doesn’t matter that it’s a pain in the bum.

      Pet peeve I guess.

      • lime!@feddit.nu
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        15 minutes ago

        when the hell did i say python is supposed to be slow? i just said it’s supposed to be used as a high-level glue to hold low-level things together. different tools have different uses. you’re complaining that a saw is a bad hammer.