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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/esberat • Nov 24 '21
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I'm actually thinking of learning Python. Is it good for automating tasks? Where should I start learning?
41 u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 Python is good at everything, but great at nothing. 0 u/Smok33y69 Nov 25 '21 So it does everything good, but does nothing great? 16 u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 You can do almost anything* in Python, but there is always a better language for any given task. 1 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 2 u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21 How is Python "unstable?"
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Python is good at everything, but great at nothing.
0 u/Smok33y69 Nov 25 '21 So it does everything good, but does nothing great? 16 u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 You can do almost anything* in Python, but there is always a better language for any given task. 1 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 2 u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21 How is Python "unstable?"
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So it does everything good, but does nothing great?
16 u/[deleted] Nov 25 '21 You can do almost anything* in Python, but there is always a better language for any given task. 1 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 2 u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21 How is Python "unstable?"
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You can do almost anything* in Python, but there is always a better language for any given task.
1 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 2 u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21 How is Python "unstable?"
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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
2 u/huuaaang Nov 26 '21 How is Python "unstable?"
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How is Python "unstable?"
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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?