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Python is overrated and overused.
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this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2024
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What do you suggest as alternatives?
I mean others don't seem to have the same problem with Python as me, so if it is right for them, I can't really complain, but I would use the following languages for the following tasks
Scientific Computing (my main area): I prefer Julia, it is faster, feels more intuitive and feels like a modern python for scientific computing
Web: there are many great frameworks out there, i am intrigued by phoenix for elixir
Game Developement: Nobody use python in games to distribute for anything heavy I hope, but for scripting I would use Lua
Learning: Python is often the first language, that people learn, and I guess that also explains it's widespread use to some degree. I would teach something less high-level like C as a first language, although I think writing "high-level code" also has a learning curve to it.
Scripting: Fine, I guess python is great for small scripts, although one could also use Ruby
lua imo is better for both learning and scripting, primarily due to being a very simple language