No questions about mypy?
They did ask how often you used type hints.
Weird, didn't get that question. Maybe the survey bugged out.
2019 Python Developer Survey
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Re: 2019 Python Developer Survey
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#33Seems like the survey was HEAVILY weighted to learn about how people use python for web / big data / cloud. As an embedded stick-in-the-mud Python2 developer, I'm mildly frustrated. It seems that the python community has been taken over by people trying to compete with NodeJS. Other use cases exist!
I learned Python in 2011 for a Django project. > embedded stick-in-the-mud Python2 developer Python (CPython) is also getting crowded out on the low-end thanks to native languages getting easier: Rust, Go, even modern C++.
I've been putting off learning Rust. From everything I read about the two, I like rust more than go -- but I'm not fond of the massive binary size.
I'm also not fond of the nodejs style "download another copy of these 300 microlibraries and compile them all".
Re: 2019 Python Developer Survey
#34Is there actual hard data out there that suggests that Python provides significant benefits over a statically typed compiled language? I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how it seems that despite how fun Python is to write the dynamic types are really just a determinant with upsides that are essentially anecdotal. Why would one take a performance hit and give up a type system without hard evidence that there would…
These sort of question is already getting nauseating. Appearing in every thread about Python.
Different strokes for different folks, my friend.