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Why not just `#define never (;0;)`? It even looks like an alien emoticon.

Nah, I would love people to use Python -- just to help improve it as well (either through libraries, alternative languages or submitting changes through official channels.) Saying …

Thanks!

> in this case JS absorbed the best pars of CS. Actually my favorite part of CS is the instance var intitialization. e.g.: constructor(@x, @y) -> would initialize @x and @y to the …

... Yeah, that's gnarly. :D That is emulating `let` using lambdas, though, and not mutable assignment. Still useful if you really want to nest them, but still immutable.

>I know he won't be able, his talk is of ignorance and provocation. Says the person missing that it's an opinionated list, lol. It was more meant to provoke discussion, not hurt fe…

>In my opinion you may just not be the best writer for some reason (Lack of education? Incompetence? Both? Who knows). Then right back at you -- that triggers the same problems as …

Yes, I'm seeing now that the tone of the post is more talked about than the actual contents. Learning!

Fair enough, I never intended it to be posted to HN or receive this much attention or I'd have taken much more care with the tone. I retract the "ignorance" sentiment, as I do not …

This is really cool. NamedDict is a useful thing indeed!

I never considered it harsh. If anything, it should be a testament to how nice Python is -- if I /didn't/ like it, I would have a much, much longer list of complaints! People seem …

>Contrast a Python list with a NumPy array. To achieve speedier loops and vectorized arithmetic [0], the array gives up dynamic typing and dynamic sizing. In most applications, I w…

>Mobile support, you can't easily write a mobile application in Python. Depends on your needs, but there is at least Kivy.

Nah, just people connecting that sentiment with other statements. It should be cleared up since it's causing some mass confusion. It's funny because I preface it by saying "Remembe…

Sorry, I didn't write it for people who lack reading comprehension! I'll remember your ilk in the next post.

Same reason you're complaining in a comment instead of doing things.

Huh, that's clever! (You meant `[]` though, yes?)

Yeah, I'll keep that in mind -- some people, even programmers, apparently don't like to read carefully. :)

>You can't do that in Haskell either, and any FP purist would blanch at a statement like that. Obviously you've never met State and/or lens then. Yes, you can do it -- and no, I ne…

>lambda is fine, if you're writing in functional style you're using expressions for everything anyway. No, I /really would/ like to be able to write: foo.on_click(lambda: x += 1) T…

Cool, I think you completely dodged the point. I never said it was slow because they were incompetent.

>but claiming solutions could exist without breaking back-compat is just not right. I mean, you have a good point on C extensions but code relying on them (without a really portabl…

>Arguably this difference is what caused Coconut to be made in the first place. Sure, that and it's far easier to write a new language and transpile than it is to fork and modify e…

>However, many are subjective preferences Certainly, it is titled "Problems I Have" for a reason. :-) I do not expect everyone to agree with me, but it is what I feel I personally …

You could probably do that fine with coroutines and/or asyncio.