Comment by tamimio

I don’t understand the points attempted to be made here.

> especially in the era of LLM

Using a tool to generate a product in a language that someone isn’t familiar with is not a good idea.

> horrible language from the performance…

Nor is it a good idea to choose a language strictly for its performance when requirements like portability and framework maturity are at the forefront.

> …to the dependencies…

Dependency management isn’t the greatest, but it’s also not awful for a deployed product. Managing dependencies as a developer with multiple projects that each have their own virtual environment may not be fun but it’s not exactly an impossible mess.

> …to everything

   from __future__ import everything

> can’t believe it got popular over Perl back in the day

And I’m sure people can’t believe that the iPod got more popular than the Zune, but sometimes convenience and taste are what drive decisions.

Python is a fine language once you install a proper typechecker for it. Just like typescript makes JS a fine language.

Performance isn’t important for any of the millions of things I use python for. I learned Perl first and gladly gave it up for syntax readability and easy of use over the years.

Pick the tool that’s right for you and the job, arguing against something based on your specific preferences should be seen as an argument without merit. I gave up Perl around the turn of the millennium, maybe it improved sense, but I really hated it back then-but I don’t go around badmouthing it and telling people to get rid of it.

Python is almost as ubiquitous as html, css, etc. It’s everywhere

The things it focuses on makes it wildly popular, and will continue to make it so. So popular that quite a few have been using it as a wrapper for packages with a Rust core, for example. I personally think they should stick to all Rust because they're only polluting the ecosystem, making Python less usable for an increasing number of scenarios.

What the heck? Python is a joy to program in and it's great for making small utilies, scripts, and even programs that don't require incredible performance. Perl is a pretty horrific-looking language.

I used it quite a bit for writing tools for applications like Maya and Blender as it's the only fully supported API surface. I take it it's pretty bad for anything more complex. I notice it's used quite a bit in science and math communities too.