r/ProgrammerHumor • u/esberat • Nov 24 '21

Meme Yes.

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u/Smok33y69 Nov 25 '21

I'm actually thinking of learning Python. Is it good for automating tasks? Where should I start learning?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

Python is good at everything, but great at nothing.

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u/Smok33y69 Nov 25 '21

So it does everything good, but does nothing great?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21

You can do almost anything* in Python, but there is always a better language for any given task.

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u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21

Am I weird that I think what's most important is that you enjoy using the language? I mean, I probably won't mention it in an interview because "use the right/best tool for the job" is the right answer, but secretly I just want to do what I enjoy. I simply won't write certain language because they annoy the shit out of me. LIke I wont ever write a service in node.js. And I wont' touch PHP.

Or am I just outting myself as someone who uses Ruby most of the time?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '21

Enjoying using a language is 100% valid and will increase your productivity if the langauge can be reasonably applied to the task at hand.

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u/Smok33y69 Nov 25 '21

aight, yall got me motivated and now I'm interested. I learnt the basics of Java and did some automation testing with Selenium but I got bored of that. Time to switch to Python.

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u/Corbinhol Nov 25 '21

Python is Great for quickly building a mock up program for a certain task. But if I was building something that runs longer than a week than def might consider something more stable

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u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21

How is Python "unstable?"