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> My preference would be to focus on excelling on the small-scale stuff and leave the complex stuff for ecosystems better aligned with that; basically let Java be Java and Python be Python.

Agreed 100%. Strongly prefer python for the simple scripting and conceptually simple mental model, and others for more complex stuff.

Also, don't use tools that were not designed for the job from the beginning and then complain that it does not fit your use case.

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Don’t you think that ship has sailed? Python powers software of incredible complexity these days including back-ends for large companies and all of AI (yes, I know the “hard parts” are written in C++, but still).

> Don’t you think that ship has sailed?

No, those ships are setting sail with anchors down, and complaining why they're moving so slow.

>No, those ships are setting sail with anchors down, and complaining why they're moving so slow.

It's 2024 and you still think the choice of language in which you build your product is what makes or breaks a company?

It's quite rare for companies to fail because of one bad decision, but I believe that choosing python for large complex projects will have long term negative consequences, irrespective of whether it will on its own kill the company or not.

So do you think for example FAANG-like companies would have done pretty much as well if they wrote all their stuff in Scratch[0] instead, or do you think the choice of programming language matters?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_(programming_language)

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