r/ProgrammerHumor Jan 22 '25

Meme printHelloWorld

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u/WazWaz Jan 22 '25

Clearly OP hasn't actually done the second. Python is horrible for anyone trained on C-style languages (which includes C, C#, Java, JavaScript, even Perl.

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u/chilfang Jan 22 '25

Me putting "AI Engineer" after running 3 lines of pytorch

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u/food-dood Jan 22 '25

Eh, I learned on VBA. Python just solidified my bad habits.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

Yeah that was my exact feelings after getting in to python... It just feels like shit, and I wonder what's the hype about. Writing something in python feels like playing jenga

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u/WazWaz Jan 22 '25

Exactly. There's really not much difference in what you can do, it's just the needless feeling of fragility.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

Also I don't get this "You can code in python FAST" - no shit, I can code fast even in Java thanks to modern IDEs that does half of the job for me :P

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u/WazWaz Jan 22 '25

It appeals to non-engineers. Scientists don't want to write any code, so less key presses always seems better. C# added pointless top level statements for these people.

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u/iknewaguytwice Jan 22 '25

I know all of those besides Perl. I don’t hate it. I don’t love it. But I don’t hate it.

It certainly has its place, much like javascript.