raises hand I hate python.
Every python codebase i’ve had to look after has rotten to the point it doesn’t even build and is a maintenance nightmare.
I also hate whitespace instead of {}
Every python codebase i’ve had to look after has rotten to the point it doesn’t even build and is a maintenance nightmare.
I also hate whitespace instead of {}
like with everything else these days, it's about living with it and try to make the best of the good parts of it
i remember getting told in the 00s that i would get used to and love the whitespace-based block definition, and boy i hate it now more than ever with 1000s of hours spent looking at and coding in python
but it is what it is, for whatever reason it has become a must in many particular industries a lot like Java took over some earlier on although it seems to be fading, and javascript is a must in others
it really isn't just about programming languages that these days you either learn to live with some massive annoyances and practices you may hate, or withdraw entirely from society
Given the choice though I typically don’t teach for python unless there’s an obvious reason to (some good library for my task or a team i am helping is only python people / devops etc)
Other platforms like Java and .NET enjoy one to two decades of life for source before it becomes mildly challenging to build.
Java enjoys months of life for source before it becomes impossible to build, because some prehistoric version of Gradle with shitty Groovy script stopped working.