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Irishsteve | 1 year ago

Mostly projects / products that start off with very low usage thus python is perfectly fine (Why overoptimize). And then it becomes useful - and a rewrite isn't worth it.

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zarzavat|1 year ago

How is that Python’s problem though? If you paint yourself into a corner by choosing the wrong language then eat the rewrite or eat the hardware costs.

There was a consensus after the Python 3 debacle of “No major breaking changes”. We seem to have lost that because of moneyed interests and that’s sad.

emblaegh|1 year ago

That's such a strangely distorted world view. If a car company releases a, idk, trunk-extension in response to customer feedback would you go "How is this Ford's problem? If you didn't think about the trunk size eat the loss and buy a new car" ? Python developers want python to remain useful to the developers who want to keep using the language. It's not an incomprehensible motivation.

graemep|1 year ago

You can then rewrite performance critical bits in a fast language. Much Python usage is a result of people making use of this.