Will_Sawin comments on Rational Repentance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 15 January 2011 03:06:26PM 5 points [-]

Off-topic: Why does everyone on lesswrong say Python when they need to mention a programming language?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 15 January 2011 04:33:13PM 9 points [-]

Rule 46b:: I will not turn my programming language into a snake. It never helps.

Comment author: shokwave 15 January 2011 04:29:39PM * 2 points [-]

It has a very high ease of learning to usefulness ratio?

edit: It seems to come highly recommended as a first programming language (certainly it was such to me).

Comment author: scav 18 January 2011 03:52:35PM 1 point [-]

Do you mean a high usefulness to difficulty of learning ratio?

Atari BASIC had a nearly infinite ease of learning to usefulness ratio. :)

Comment author: shokwave 18 January 2011 04:54:48PM 1 point [-]

Right.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 15 January 2011 07:21:56PM 1 point [-]

Python is my first (and currently only) programming language. It's easy to read, easy to learn, and useful.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 15 January 2011 06:39:06PM 1 point [-]

Python code is also reasonably easy to read. It's sometimes called executable pseudocode.

Comment author: timtyler 15 January 2011 03:45:21PM 1 point [-]

I did a Google duel - and it appears that "Java" beats "Python" for mentions around here.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 January 2011 06:16:16AM * 0 points [-]

I don't get it either I'm more of a C guy.

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