Reasons Python Sucks (2018)

Ayup. If you have these same points of view that the author does: please don't use Python. There is no shortage of languages out there that would be a better match for you--please use one of those.

However, the packaging and installation thing is very valid--Python really sucks at that and needs to fix it.

Re: Reasons Python Sucks (2018)

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Post by aeturnum » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 12:25 AM UTC

Many of these things are annoying, but I wanna check something....

Lists in python are called lists because they're linked lists right? They are not called arrays because they are a different data structure.

Edit: Well TIL! Thanks everyone.

Re: Reasons Python Sucks (2018)

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Post by lights0123 » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 12:27 AM UTC

"Reason 7: Pass By Object Reference": isn't this the case of almost every GC'd language? Java, JS, PHP, Swift, and C# all do so, although C# doesn't if your type is a "struct" not a class. Go is the only popular exception I can think of.

Re: Reasons Python Sucks (2018)

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Post by raymondh » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 12:29 AM UTC

aeturnum wrote: post #7

Many of these things are annoying, but I wanna check something.... Lists in python are called lists because they're linked lists right? They are not called arrays because they are a different data structure. Edit: Well TIL! Thanks everyone.

Nope.

Re: Reasons Python Sucks (2018)

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Post by lights0123 » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 12:30 AM UTC

aeturnum wrote: post #7

Many of these things are annoying, but I wanna check something.... Lists in python are called lists because they're linked lists right? They are not called arrays because they are a different data structure. Edit: Well TIL! Thanks everyone.

No, lists are implemented in CPython as an regular, contiguous array of PyObject. There is an array library (https://docs.python.org/3/library/array.html) for more efficient storage, comparable to JS's Uint8Array and friends.