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Comment by tmountain

2 months ago

I'm surprised Python is on that list. TypeScript doesn't seem like a terrible choice, as it can leverage vast ecosystems of packages, has concurrency features, a solid type system, and decent performance. C++ lacks as robust of a package ecosystem, and Python doesn't have inbuilt types, which makes it a non-starter for larger projects for me. Rust would have been a great choice for sure.

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DrewADesign  2 months ago

Python and C++ have been used for countless large projects— each one for many more than typescript. It’s all about trade-offs that take into account your tasks, available coders at the project’s commencement, environment, etc.

  • rkozik1989  2 months ago

    People like to put companies that are household names on pedestals, but the choices they make are mostly guided by what their people can do and which choices give them the most value for free. They mostly operate how smaller companies do but they have a bigger R&D budget to address issues like scale that the larger market has little incentive to solve.

    • DrewADesign  2 months ago

      Also, this product is like a year old… it has barely hit its teething phase. I wouldn’t be surprised if the core is still the prototype someone whipped up as a proof of concept.

      I reckon some believe these companies are basically magical, and are utterly astonished when they’re shown to be imperfect in relatively uninteresting ways. I’m a lot more concerned about the sanity of the AI ecosystem they operate in than the stability of some front-end Anthropic made.

Levitating  2 months ago

> I'm surprised Python is on that list.

I mostly mentioned it because it is pre-installed on some (linux) systems. Though of course if you're trying to obfuscate the sourcecode you need to bundle an interpreter with the code anyway.

But it has historically been used for big programs, and there are well established methods for bundling python programs into executables.