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Discussion on: Why all this hate about Python?

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Ben Halpern

Programming language hate is often pretty shallow. Python lacks where other languages thrive (like strong typing/compiler) but makes up for it by being simpler to use and read in a lot of cases. It's also widely adopted in many important fields which is a big deal regardless of language bike-shedding.

Some languages also receive a lot of hate from their own community and a lot of that is just venting. People keep chugging along with these tools because they're ultimately useful.

If you find Python awesome, keep up whatever you're doing with it and don't pay much attention to the critics. If you're still curious about the criticisms, try picking up something really different and see if you like those too for different reasons.