Show HN: Cointrol – Bitcoin trading bot written in Python

Post by makaronin » Sun, Jul 12, 2015, 4:47 PM UTC

Post by username » Sun, Jul 12, 2015, 4:56 PM UTC

makaronin wrote: post #2

Good work done, though Python may not be the best choice as it is a bit ancient programming language.

Post by fnordfnordfnord » Sun, Jul 12, 2015, 5:30 PM UTC

Post by makaronin » Sun, Jul 12, 2015, 5:33 PM UTC

theVirginian wrote: post #5

makaronin wrote: post #2

Good work done, though Python may not be the best choice as it is a bit ancient programming language.

Ancient, you mean like C, C++, Java, Javascript, those languages?

Post by makaronin » Sun, Jul 12, 2015, 5:50 PM UTC

theVirginian wrote: post #9

makaronin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The programming languages you mentioned dominate their niches. What is left for Python? Being a former Python programmer (5+ years) i really don't see any reason to use it now.

There are excellent libraries for data analysis, I know some people who use it in finance. It's still widely used for web applications. There are new features for asynchronous programming. Not to mention it's used by tons of major companies. Linkedin, Reddit, Youtube, just to name a few all use Python.