Python sucks

I disagree and have my own thesis about this. I think that programming is cyclical. The first programming languages were procedural, mostly because people didn't know any better. Next came structured coding, which was a reaction to procedures. Then came object oriented, which itself was a reaction to structures. Then came Python, which was a reaction to the LISP style of the contemporary object languages like Java.

But why is Python so popular? I actually think that it's a pretty nifty little language, but feel that it's popularity is out of all proportion to it's actual utility. To be fair, it's support libraries are pretty banging. But again, why the excessive popularity?

And I think that the answer to this, lies in the fact that it's adherents don't really get languages like Java. Java to them, seems like a lot of work to do something simple, like achieve I/O and run a few algorithms on it. And perhaps it is. They want a language where they can come in, and make a couple of declarations, and write a modular program in like ten or fifteen lines that gets the job done.

And then it hit me - Python is merely the latest procedural language. It's a reaction against Object Oriented languages. I'm sure someone or other is going to bring up minute, pedantic reasons why Python isn't actually procedural, and I'm sure that when looked at across some domains it will seem not to be. Or it will have been constructed in such a way to solve the requirements of structured or object models, if only to eliminate objection and check off those particular boxes.

But when I try to code my own Python, the thing that I'm most reminded of is my time with Basic. I'm not creating structure or building objects, I'm simply importing libraries and then doing stuff. If I'm right, then programming is cyclical. The next step in the cycle would be a structured language that eliminates one or two of the major gripes about Python common among young coders, and then makes implementation of the major tasks of our day easier.

On the bare metal. The way that God intended.

That's poetic. "But guys, you don't understand how much better I feel after I've gone clear and gotten rid of all of those Thetans!"

Dude, that's actually fucking deep. Holy shit. I don't have the moxie to pull it off, but darn that's a good idea.

In that time range stuff first stopped getting better, and is now regressing.

LOL, thanks for writing that quip. Needed a chuckle today.

Yeah but the good news is I never need to feel compelled to contribute money to linux again after this. If they have so much money that they can waste it so lavishly, they don't need a dime from me.

Technology has been more about feelings an inclusiveness for at least five years, maybe ten.

Spot on. The technology field is polluted with idiots. The bubble has to burst at some point. Just need to find a way to make money off of the collapse of the tech sector.

Kindly do the needful?