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I also grew up on C then Java. Now I mostly work with Python but when things get serious I usually turn to JVM languages.

The feeling knowing I can relentlessly refactor my code without breaking a thing and not having to worry about typos is just wonderful!

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Yeah context is required for these discussions. Anyone will love coding small digestible functions in python in a jupyter notebook. It's really fast. You might make a lot of mistakes (wrong import, wrong type, incorrect variable reference etc) but since the edit/refresh cycle is instant, it's not a big deal. Let's see how you feel about Python trying to application that has to be industrial strength and grown quickly for a business.

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