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228 points Retro_Dev | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0.413s | source
1. noobermin ◴[] No.44463560[source]
This arguably is why julia still has no real users and python, c++, and fortran still rule in hpc, despite hypsters doing the hyping.

At some point people just want their code to work so they go back to something that just works and won't break in a few years.

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2. throwawaymaths ◴[] No.44463737[source]
how was python 2/3 again?
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3. vrighter ◴[] No.44463930[source]
python is a really bad example. Code constantly stops working properly with language updates.
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4. nromiun ◴[] No.44465269[source]
Famous because of how rare it was.
5. noobermin ◴[] No.44470451[source]
There was one language update that broke things, so much so that it was discussed for years. The julia breaking updates are myriad and ongoing