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[–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah JavaScript is a bit weird, semicolons being optional and compulsory at the same time: I remember trying to build an electron example ~5yrs ago and it didn't work unless I put in the semicolons which the developers omitted.

Python is just glorified shell scripting. Libraries like numpy are cool but I don't like the indentation crap, I'm getting used to it because University likes it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    but I don't like the indentation crap

    Do you not use indentation in other languages?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Python is just glorified shell scripting

    Absolutely not, python is an actual programming language with sane error handling and arbitrarily nestable data structures.

    I don't like the indentation crap

    Don't be so superficial. When learning something, go with the flow and try to work with the design choices, not against them.

    Python simply writes a bit differently: you do e.g. more function definitions and list comprehensions.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah I meant for that to be a bit inflammatory. I actually don't mind python apart from the execution speed, but the indentation I find makes it more difficult to read stuff that is extremely nested. I use it mostly for creating plots and basic stuff for my science degree but for any serious project I wouldn't consider it

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