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Python: The Documentary [video]

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312 points chmaynard | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 23:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.526s | source
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umvi ◴[29 Aug 25 00:55 UTC] No.45058768[source]▶
I used to love Python, back when it was basically just an alternative to perl for scripting. Now it strikes fear into my heart when I encounter something largish written in Python because it usually means "super slow bloated researchy untyped ai/math code that's a nightmare to work with"
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ActorNightly ◴[29 Aug 25 04:49 UTC] No.45060324[source]▶
>"super slow bloated researchy untyped ai/math code that's a nightmare to work wit

I love reading comments like this because it just makes me feel good about my job security.

You are aware that things like Youtube and Uber back ends all run on Python, right?

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1. bronlund ◴[29 Aug 25 06:34 UTC] No.45060895[source]▶
I love reading comments like this because it just makes me feel good about my life choices.

You are aware that things like your bank and insurance all run on COBOL, right?

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2. pjmlp ◴[29 Aug 25 12:36 UTC] No.45063283[source]▶
Also, that UNIX and C praised by so many, are only 14 year younger than COBOL (1959 vs 1973).